CVE-2011-0761

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductPerl
PublishedMay 13, 2011
First seenMay 13, 2011

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
perl perl5.10.0, 5.10.1—

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