NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting perl-parent package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.68% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-PERLPARENT-1942274
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 May 2011

Introduced: 3 May 2011

CVE-2011-0761  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 perl-parent.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-parent package and not the perl-parent package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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