MGASA-2016-0027

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    MGASA-2016-0027

    Published: 20 Jan 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8607

    Summary: Updated perl and perl-PathTools packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was reported that File::Spec::canonpath() routine returns untainted strings even if passed tainted input. This defect undermines the guarantee of taint propagation, which is sometimes used to ensure that unvalidated user input does not reach sensitive code (CVE-2015-8607).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0027.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17475, https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3441, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175494.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/perl?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.20.1-8.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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