VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-0761
Perl 5.10.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by leveraging an ability to inject arguments into a (1) getpeername, (2) readdir, (3) closedir, (4) getsockname, (5) rewinddir,…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 8.88%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.88%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Perl 5.10.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by leveraging an ability to inject arguments into a (1) getpeername, (2) readdir, (3) closedir, (4) getsockname, (5) rewinddir, (6) tell, or (7) telldir function call.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.88% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- perl/perl
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8248
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025507Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517916/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47766Exploit
- http://www.toucan-system.com/advisories/tssa-2011-03.txtExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67355
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8248
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025507Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517916/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47766Exploit
- http://www.toucan-system.com/advisories/tssa-2011-03.txtExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67355
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.