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CVE-2015-8607

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 15.04, 15.10
• Debian Linux: 8.0
• perl Pathtools: through 3.61

References

• http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/PathTools-3.62/Changes
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175494.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176228.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3441
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80504
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034772
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2878-1
• https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
• https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126862
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75

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