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CVE-2015-3408

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-05-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

Module::Signature before 0.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted SIGNATURE file which is not properly handled when generating checksums from a signed manifest.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04
• Module-Signature Project Module-Signature: through 0.73

References

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2607-1
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3261
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/23/17
• https://github.com/audreyt/module-signature/commit/8a9164596fa5952d4fbcde5aa1c7d1c7bc85372f
• https://metacpan.org/changes/distribution/Module-Signature
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2607-1
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3261
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/23/17
• https://github.com/audreyt/module-signature/commit/8a9164596fa5952d4fbcde5aa1c7d1c7bc85372f
• https://metacpan.org/changes/distribution/Module-Signature

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