CVE-2008-7319

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.
Command Injection
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 91%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
net-ping-external_projectnet-ping-external
𝑥
≤ 0.15
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
libnet-ping-external-perl
artful
ignored
bionic
dne
cosmic
dne
disco
dne
eoan
dne
focal
dne
groovy
dne
hirsute
dne
impish
dne
jammy
dne
kinetic
dne
lunar
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
needed
zesty
ignored
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://matthias.sdfeu.org/devel/net-ping-external-cmd-injection.patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/07/4
https://bugs.debian.org/881097
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=33230
http://matthias.sdfeu.org/devel/net-ping-external-cmd-injection.patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/07/4
https://bugs.debian.org/881097
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=33230