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CVE-2008-7319

CVE-2008-7319 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

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.

EPSS 6.19% · 93.0th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
6.19%
93.0th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlibnet-ping-external-perl0, 0.13-1

Timeline

  • Nov 7, 2017 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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