#VU43242 Input validation error in Perl - CVE-2011-2728
Published: December 21, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43242
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2728
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Perl
Perl
Software vendor:
Perl
Perl
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069752.html
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1af4051e077438976a4c12a0622feaf6715bec77
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46172
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49858
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2011_2728_denial_of1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742987