Security Advisories (2)
CVE-2016-1238 (2016-02-08)

Does not properly remove . (period) characters from the end of the includes directory array, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse module under the current working directory.

CVE-2015-8607 (2016-01-11)

Does not properly preserve the taint attribute of data, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism via a crafted string.

Changes for version 3.47 - 2014-05-23

  • Improved Android support.
  • File::Spec::Unix->tmpdir: Always return an absolute path
  • File::Spec now has an XS version for performance.
  • QNX and VMS portability
  • tmpdir is updated when the environment changes.

Modules

Cwd
get pathname of current working directory
portably perform operations on file names
methods for Cygwin file specs
methods for Epoc file specs
portably perform operations on file names
File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic)
methods for OS/2 file specs
File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec modules
methods for VMS file specs
methods for Win32 file specs