CVE-2011-0761

high

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67355

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517916/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8248

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-05-13

Updated: 2018-10-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High