vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-2878-1 (CVE-2015-8607): Perl vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 13, 2016 | Feb 2, 2016 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 13, 2016
Added
Feb 2, 2016
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
David Golden discovered that the canonpath function in the Perl File::Spec
module did not properly preserve the taint attribute. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to bypass the taint protection mechanism.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-perl
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