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Status published
Medium
CVE-2011-2728
The bsd_glob function in the File::Glob module for Perl before...
Vulnerability Description
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 Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1af4051e077438976a4c12a0622feaf6715bec77
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2011_2728_denial_of1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069752.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46172
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742987
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.00, 1.01, 1.20, 1.21, 1.22, 1.31, 1.32, 1.40, 1.41, 1.42, 1.43, 1.44, 1.45, 1.46, 1.47, 1.48, 1.49, 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.3.0, 2.4.0, 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2, 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.8.2, 2.8.3, 2.8.4, 2.8.5, 2.8.6, 2.8.7, 2.8.8, 2.9.0, 2.9.1, 2.9.2, 2.10.0, 2.10.1, 2.10.2, 2.10.3, 2.10.4, 2.10.5, 2.10.6, 2.10.7, 2.11.0, 2.11.1, 2.11.2, 2.11.3, 2.11.4, 2.11.5, 2.11.6, 2.11.7, 2.11.8, 2.12.0, 2.13.0, 2.14.0, 2.14.1, 2.15.0, 2.15.1, 2.16.0, 2.16.1, 2.17.0, 2.17.1, 2.17.2, 2.18.0, 2.18.1, 5.6.0, 5.6.1, 5.8.0, 5.8.1, 5.8.2, 5.8.3, 5.8.4, 5.8.5, 5.8.6, 5.8.7, 5.8.8, 5.8.9, 5.8.10, 5.9.2, 5.10, 5.10.0, 5.10.1, 5.11.0, 5.11.1, 5.11.2, 5.11.3, 5.11.4, 5.11.5, 5.12.0, 5.12.1, 5.12.2, 5.12.3, 5.13.0, 5.13.1, 5.13.2, 5.13.3, 5.13.4, 5.13.5, 5.13.6, 5.13.7, 5.13.8, 5.13.9, 5.13.10, 5.13.11, 5.14.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 21st, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.