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 execution if untrusted input is used.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://matthias.sdfeu.org/devel/net-ping-external-cmd-injection.patch	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/07/4	Issue Tracking Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/881097	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=33230	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:net-ping-external_project:net-ping-external:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-11-07 21:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:15

NVD link : CVE-2008-7319

Mitre link : CVE-2008-7319

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-7319

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Products Affected

net-ping-external_project

net-ping-external

CWE

CWE-77

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

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