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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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References
- http://www.toucan-system.com/advisories/tssa-2011-03.txt ↗
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8248 ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025507 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67355 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47766 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517916/100/0/threaded ↗