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CVE-2011-2728
Published: Dec 21, 2012
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod
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https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2011_2728_denial_of1
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FEDORA-2011-15484
vendor-advisory
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49858
vdb-entry
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46172
third-party-advisory
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742987
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