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CVE-2015-8607
HIGH · CVSS 7.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-01-13T15:59:01.597 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:34:50.627

Summary

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.

Affected products

canonical — ubuntu_linux

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References

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