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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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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-17T00:51:37.142Z
Reserved: 2017-11-07T00:00:00Z
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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