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ID:4426 - Exploit for Input validation error in Perl - CVE-2011-0761
ID:4426 - Exploit for Input validation error in Perl - CVE-2011-0761
Published: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45048
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0761
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Perl
Perl
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html 'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference'
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.