CVE-2011-2728
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46172Advisory
- 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://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