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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:51:37.142Z

Reserved: 2017-11-07T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2008-7319

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-07T21:29:00.213

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2008-7319

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