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.
Published: 2017-11-07
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 7.8% Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-7270 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.
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Net-ping-external Project Net-ping-external
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:51:37.142Z

Reserved: 2017-11-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-7319

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-07T21:29:00.213

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2008-7319

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