CVE-2011-2728

Summary

CVECVE-2011-2728
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-12-21 05:46:14 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Perl Perl 1.00 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.01 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.20 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.21 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.22 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.31 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.32 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.40 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.41 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.42 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.43 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.44 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.45 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.46 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.47 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.48 All All All
Application Perl Perl 1.49 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.0.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.1.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.1.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.1.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.1.3 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.10.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.10.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.10.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.10.3 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.10.4 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.10.5 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.10.6 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.10.7 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.11.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.11.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.11.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.11.3 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.11.4 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.11.5 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.11.6 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.11.7 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.11.8 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.12.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.13.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.14.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.14.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.15.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.15.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.16.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.16.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.17.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.17.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.17.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.18.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.18.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.2.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.2.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.2.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.3.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.4.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.5.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.5.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.6.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.6.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.6.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.6.3 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.6.4 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.6.5 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.6.6 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.7.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.7.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.7.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.8.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.8.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.8.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.8.3 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.8.4 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.8.5 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.8.6 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.8.7 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.8.8 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.9.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.9.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 2.9.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.10 All All All
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
Application Perl Perl 5.14.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.14.0 rc1 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.14.0 rc2 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.14.0 rc3 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.6.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.6.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.8.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.8.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.8.10 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.8.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.8.3 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.8.4 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.8.5 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.8.6 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.8.7 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.8.8 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.8.9 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.9.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cpansearch.perl.org
Fedora 15 Update: perl-5.12.4-163.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Perl 'decode_xs()' and 'File::Glob::bsd_glob()' Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Perl "decode_xs()" and "File::Glob::bsd_glob()" Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
perl5.git.perl.org Git - perl.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 perl5.git.perl.org
742987 – CVE-2011-2728 perl: File::Glob bsd_glob() crash with certain glob flags af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE-2011-2728 Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Perl (Third Party Vulnerability Resolution Blog) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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