CVE-2008-7319 Command injection in n/a
Attackers can execute arbitrary shell commands via unsanitized hostnames in the Perl Net::Ping::External library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-7319?
CVE-2008-7319 is a critical command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Nov 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7319?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Net-Ping-External Project Net-Ping-External.
How do I fix CVE-2008-7319?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7319 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2008-7319 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7319 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8624-26q6-28m7, UBUNTU-CVE-2008-7319.