CVE-2008-7319
N/A
Published: November 7, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendor.NET Ping External
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 0.15
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://matthias.sdfeu.org/devel/net-ping-external-cmd-injection.patchx_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/07/4x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/881097x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=33230Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-77
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