UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8607

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8607
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8607.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8607
Upstream
Related
  • USN-2878-1
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:19Z
Published
2016-01-13T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T04:07:28Z
Severity
  • 7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The canonpath function in the File::Spec module in PathTools before 3.62, as used in Perl, does not properly preserve the taint attribute of data, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism via a crafted string.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libfile-spec-perl

Package

Name
libfile-spec-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libfile-spec-perl@3.4000-1ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4000-1ubuntu2

Affected versions

3.*
3.4000-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libfile-spec-perl",
            "binary_version": "3.4000-1ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8607.json"

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl@5.18.2-2ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.18.2-2ubuntu1

Affected versions

5.*
5.14.2-21build1
5.18.1-4
5.18.1-4build1
5.18.1-5
5.18.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libcgi-fast-perl",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libperl-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libperl5.18",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-base",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-debug",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-doc",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-modules",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8607.json"