Vulnerability in Perl
CVE-2011-2728
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Perl — versions 1.00, 1.01, 1.20
References
- cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod
- perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1af4051e077438976a4c12a0622feaf6715bec77
- blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2011_2728_denial_of1
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069752.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/49858 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/46172 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi