Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-7319 · published 7 November 2017
CVE-2008-7319: Net-ping-external project net-ping-external command injection vulnerability
NNet Ping External Project · Net Ping External
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.
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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://matthias.sdfeu.org/devel/net-ping-external-cmd-injection.patch | Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/07/4 | Issue TrackingMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory |
| https://bugs.debian.org/881097 | Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory |
| https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=33230 | Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory |
| http://matthias.sdfeu.org/devel/net-ping-external-cmd-injection.patch | Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/07/4 | Issue TrackingMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory |
| https://bugs.debian.org/881097 | Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory |
| https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=33230 | Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-7319), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.