{"id":"CVE-2015-8607","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:23:27.949817719Z","published":"2016-01-13T15:59:01Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3441"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2878-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126862"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/PathTools-3.62/Changes"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175494.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176228.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80504"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034772"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"}]}