CVE-2011-0761

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-0761
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-05-13 17:05:41 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionPerl 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Perl Perl 5.10.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.10.0 rc1 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.10.0 rc2 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.10.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.10.1 rc1 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.10.1 rc2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.toucan-system.com/advisories/tssa-2011-03.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.toucan-system.com Exploit
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Perl Multiple NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityTracker: Perl Functions May Crash When Supplied an Incorrect Number of Parameters af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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