CVE-2011-2728

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

The bsd_glob function in the File::Glob module for Perl before 5.14.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a glob expression with the GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC flag, which triggers an uninitialized pointer dereference.

The bsd_glob function in the File::Glob module for Perl before 5.14.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a glob expression with the GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC flag, which triggers an uninitialized pointer dereference.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 12 years ago

2012-12-21 05:46:00

Last updated 12 years ago

2013-01-29 05:00:00

Affected Software

Perl 1.00

1.00

Perl 1.01

1.01

Perl 1.20

1.20

Perl 1.21

1.21

Perl 1.22

1.22

Perl 1.31

1.31

Perl 1.32

1.32

Perl 1.40

1.40

Perl 1.41

1.41

Perl 1.42

1.42

Perl 1.43

1.43

Perl 1.44

1.44

Perl 1.45

1.45

Perl 1.46

1.46

Perl 1.47

1.47

Perl 1.48

1.48

Perl 1.49

1.49

Perl 2.0.0

2.0.0

Perl 2.1.0

2.1.0

Perl 2.1.1

2.1.1

Perl 2.1.2

2.1.2

Perl 2.1.3

2.1.3

Perl 2.2.0

2.2.0

Perl 2.2.1

2.2.1

Perl 2.2.2

2.2.2

Perl 2.3.0

2.3.0

Perl 2.4.0

2.4.0

Perl 2.5.0

2.5.0

Perl 2.5.1

2.5.1

Perl 2.6.0

2.6.0

Perl 2.6.1

2.6.1

Perl 2.6.2

2.6.2

Perl 2.6.3

2.6.3

Perl 2.6.4

2.6.4

Perl 2.6.5

2.6.5

Perl 2.6.6

2.6.6

Perl 2.7.0

2.7.0

Perl 2.7.1

2.7.1

Perl 2.7.2

2.7.2

Perl 2.8.0

2.8.0

Perl 2.8.1

2.8.1

Perl 2.8.2

2.8.2

Perl 2.8.3

2.8.3

Perl 2.8.4

2.8.4

Perl 2.8.5

2.8.5

Perl 2.8.6

2.8.6

Perl 2.8.7

2.8.7

Perl 2.8.8

2.8.8

Perl 2.9.0

2.9.0

Perl 2.9.1

2.9.1

Perl 2.9.2

2.9.2

Perl 2.10.0

2.10.0

Perl 2.10.1

2.10.1

Perl 2.10.2

2.10.2

Perl 2.10.3

2.10.3

Perl 2.10.4

2.10.4

Perl 2.10.5

2.10.5

Perl 2.10.6

2.10.6

Perl 2.10.7

2.10.7

Perl 2.11.0

2.11.0

Perl 2.11.1

2.11.1

Perl 2.11.2

2.11.2

Perl 2.11.3

2.11.3

Perl 2.11.4

2.11.4

Perl 2.11.5

2.11.5

Perl 2.11.6

2.11.6

Perl 2.11.7

2.11.7

Perl 2.11.8

2.11.8

Perl 2.12.0

2.12.0

Perl 2.13.0

2.13.0

Perl 2.14.0

2.14.0

Perl 2.14.1

2.14.1

Perl 2.15.0

2.15.0

Perl 2.15.1

2.15.1

Perl 2.16.0

2.16.0

Perl 2.16.1

2.16.1

Perl 2.17.0

2.17.0

Perl 2.17.1

2.17.1

Perl 2.17.2

2.17.2

Perl 2.18.0

2.18.0

Perl 2.18.1

2.18.1

Perl 5.6.0

5.6.0

Perl 5.6.1

5.6.1

Perl 5.8.0

5.8.0

Perl 5.8.1

5.8.1

Perl 5.8.2

5.8.2

Perl 5.8.3

5.8.3

Perl 5.8.4

5.8.4

Perl 5.8.5

5.8.5

Perl 5.8.6

5.8.6

Perl 5.8.7

5.8.7

Perl 5.8.8

5.8.8

Perl 5.8.9

5.8.9

Perl perl 5.8.10

5.8.10

Perl 5.9.2

5.9.2

Perl perl 5.10

5.10

Perl 5.10.0

5.10.0

Perl 5.10.0 Release Candidate 1

5.10.0

Perl 5.10.0 Release Candidate 2

5.10.0

Perl 5.10.1

5.10.1

Perl 5.10.1 Release Candidate 1

5.10.1

Perl 5.10.1 Release Candidate 2

5.10.1

Perl 5.11.0

5.11.0

Perl perl 5.11.1

5.11.1

Perl 5.11.2

5.11.2

Perl 5.11.3

5.11.3

Perl 5.11.4

5.11.4

Perl 5.11.5

5.11.5

Perl 5.12.0

5.12.0

Perl 5.12.0 Release Candidate 0

5.12.0

Perl 5.12.0 Release Candidate 1

5.12.0

Perl 5.12.0 Release Candidate 2

5.12.0

Perl 5.12.0 Release Candidate 3

5.12.0

Perl 5.12.0 Release Candidate 4

5.12.0

Perl 5.12.0 Release Candidate 5

5.12.0

Perl 5.12.1

5.12.1

Perl 5.12.1 Release Candidate 1

5.12.1

Perl 5.12.1 Release Candidate 2

5.12.1

Perl 5.12.2

5.12.2

Perl 5.12.2 Release Candidate 1

5.12.2

Perl 5.12.3

5.12.3

Perl 5.12.3 Release Candidate 1

5.12.3

Perl 5.12.3 Release Candidate 2

5.12.3

Perl 5.12.3 Release Candidate 3

5.12.3

Perl 5.13.0

5.13.0

Perl 5.13.1

5.13.1

Perl 5.13.2

5.13.2

Perl 5.13.3

5.13.3

Perl 5.13.4

5.13.4

Perl 5.13.5

5.13.5

Perl 5.13.6

5.13.6

Perl 5.13.7

5.13.7

Perl 5.13.8

5.13.8

Perl 5.13.9

5.13.9

Perl 5.13.10

5.13.10

Perl 5.13.11

5.13.11

Perl 5.14.0

5.14.0

Perl 5.14.0 Release Candidate 1

5.14.0

Perl 5.14.0 Release Candidate 2

5.14.0

Perl 5.14.0 Release Candidate 3

5.14.0

Perl

References

http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod

FEDORA-2011-15484

http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1af4051e077438976a4c12a0622feaf6715bec77

46172

Vendor Advisory

49858

https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2011_2728_denial_of1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742987

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