Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
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
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- 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