CVE-2008-7319

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: November 07, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://matthias.sdfeu.org/devel/net-ping-external-cmd-injection.patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/07/4
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/881097
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=33230
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://matthias.sdfeu.org/devel/net-ping-external-cmd-injection.patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/07/4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/881097
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=33230
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
6.2%
93th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-77

Affected Vendors

net-ping-external_project

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