CVE-2008-7319

Critical

Description

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductNet-ping-external
PublishedNov 7, 2017
First seenNov 7, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
net-ping-external_project net-ping-externalv ≤ 0.15—

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