CVE-2015-8607

NameCVE-2015-8607
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3441-1
Debian Bugs810719

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
perl (PTS)buster5.28.1-6+deb10u1fixed
bullseye5.32.1-4+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)5.32.1-4+deb11u1fixed
bookworm5.36.0-7+deb12u1fixed
trixie5.38.2-3fixed
sid5.38.2-3.2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libfile-spec-perlsourcesqueeze(not affected)
libfile-spec-perlsourcewheezy(not affected)
libfile-spec-perlsource(unstable)(unfixed)
perlsourcesqueeze(not affected)
perlsourcewheezy(not affected)
perlsourcejessie5.20.2-3+deb8u2DSA-3441-1
perlsource(unstable)5.22.1-4810719

Notes

[wheezy] - perl <not-affected> (Introduced in 5.20.0)
[squeeze] - perl <not-affected> (Introduced in 5.20.0)
[wheezy] - libfile-spec-perl <not-affected> (Introduced in 3.47)
[squeeze] - libfile-spec-perl <not-affected> (Introduced in 3.47)
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/130509aa42a87eef258fab0182ee2c7ad16baa8b
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126862

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