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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 9.8/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://matthias.sdfeu.org/devel/net-ping-external-cmd-injection.patchIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/07/4Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/881097Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=33230Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://matthias.sdfeu.org/devel/net-ping-external-cmd-injection.patchIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/07/4Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/881097Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=33230Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 7, 2017
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified