All errata/sisyphus/ALT-PU-2017-3604-1
ALT-PU-2017-3604-1

Package update perl-PathTools in branch sisyphus

Version3.62-alt2
Published2017-02-19
Max severityHIGH
Severity:

Closed issues (1)

CVE-2015-8607
HIGH7.3

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.

Published: 2016-01-13Modified: 2025-04-12
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS 3.xHIGH 7.3
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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