CVE-2011-1487

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1487
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-04-11 18:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) lc, (2) lcfirst, (3) uc, and (4) ucfirst functions in Perl 5.10.x, 5.11.x, and 5.12.x through 5.12.3, and 5.13.x through 5.13.11, do not apply the taint attribute to the return value upon processing tainted input, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism via a crafted string.

Risk And Classification

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

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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
Application Perl Perl 5.11.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.11.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.11.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.11.3 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.11.4 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.11.5 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.0 rc0 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.0 rc1 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.0 rc2 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.0 rc3 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.0 rc4 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.0 rc5 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.1 rc1 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.1 rc2 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.2 rc1 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.3 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.3 rc1 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.3 rc2 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.3 rc3 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.10 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.11 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.3 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.4 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.5 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.6 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.7 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.8 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fedora update for perl - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:091 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:009 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 692898 – CVE-2011-1487 perl: lc(), uc() routines are laundering tainted data af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: perl-5.12.3-143.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-security - CVE Request -- perl -- lc(), uc() routines are laundering tainted data af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Exploit, Patch
Function lc() is laundering tainted data in newer perls, contrary to docs · Issue #11219 · Perl/perl5 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rt.perl.org Exploit
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
perl5.git.perl.org Git - perl.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 perl5.git.perl.org Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- perl -- lc(), uc() routines are laundering tainted data af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Exploit, Patch
692844 – lc launders tainted flag af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2265-1 perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Perl "uc()", "lc()", "lcfirst()", and "ucfirst()" Taint Mode Bypass Weakness - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: perl-5.12.3-156.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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