CVE-2008-7319
The Net::Ping::External extension through 0.15 for Perl does not properly sanitize arguments (e.g., invalid hostnames) containing shell metacharacters before use of backticks in External.pm, allowing for shell command injection and arbitrary command…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Net::Ping::External extension through 0.15 for Perl does not properly sanitize arguments (e.g., invalid hostnames) containing shell metacharacters before use of backticks in External.pm, allowing for shell command injection and arbitrary command execution if untrusted input is used.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.19% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- net-ping-external project/net-ping-external
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://matthias.sdfeu.org/devel/net-ping-external-cmd-injection.patchIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/07/4Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/881097Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=33230Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://matthias.sdfeu.org/devel/net-ping-external-cmd-injection.patchIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/07/4Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/881097Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=33230Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.