CVE-2011-2728 — Perl vulnerability

6 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PerlDebian Perl
Timeline
PublishedDec 21
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/perl< perl 5.14.2-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianperl/perl< 5.14.2-1+3
▶NVDperl/perl5.14.1+121

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8m64-rq77-cfmc: The bsd_glob function in the File::Glob module for Perl before 5↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2011-2728: The bsd_glob function in the File::Glob module for Perl before 5↗2012-12-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
perl: File:: Glob bsd_glob() crash with certain glob flags↗2011-09-26
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Debian
CVE-2011-2728: perl - The bsd_glob function in the File::Glob module for Perl before 5.14.2 allows con...↗2011
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2011-2728 perl: File::Glob bsd_glob() crash with certain glob flags↗2011-09-29
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