RCE in Net-Ping-External Project
CVE-2008-7319
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.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.062 (93.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.062 · newest: 0.062 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- bugs.debian.org/881097 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/07/4 (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- matthias.sdfeu.org/devel/net-ping-external-cmd-injection.patch (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-7319?
- CVE-2008-7319 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Net-Ping-External Project, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-11-07.
- How severe is CVE-2008-7319?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.