The 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-01-13T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:20:43.434Z

Reserved: 2015-12-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8607

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-01-13T15:59:01.597

Modified: 2020-07-15T03:15:12.560

Link: CVE-2015-8607

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-01-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8607 - Bugzilla