CVE-2008-7319

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-77 Command Injection
Publication date:
07/11/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:net-ping-external_project:net-ping-external:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* 0.15 (including)