CVE-2011-0761

Perl - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Jonathan Brossard · perldosmultiple

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35725

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (6)

[Exploit] http://securitytracker.com/id?1025507

[Exploit] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47766

[Exploit] http://www.toucan-system.com/advisories/tssa-2011-03.txt

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517916/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67355

[Third Party Advisory] http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8248

Scores

EPSS 0.0340

EPSS Percentile 87.5%

Details

Status published

Products (2)

perl/perl 5.10.0 (3 CPE variants)

perl/perl 5.10.1 (3 CPE variants)

Published May 13, 2011

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026