CVE-2011-0761 Affecting perl package, versions <5.12.0-1


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 2.09% (89th percentile)
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NVD
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-PERL-327777
  • published 13 May 2011
  • disclosed 13 May 2011

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 perl to version 5.12.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 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.