CVE-2015-3408

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2015-3408 · Published 19/05/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-3408 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting module-signature (module-signature project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.6%, higher than 93.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
module-signature module-signature_project	`≤ 0.73`	No fix yet

Description

Module::Signature before 0.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted SIGNATURE file which is not properly handled when generating checksums from a signed manifest.

References

ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2607-1
debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3261
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/1
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/23/17
audreyt/module-signature commit 8a91645
metacpan.org/changes/distribution/Module-Signature

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