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.
2011-05-13T17:05:41.847
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | perl | perl | 5.10.0 | Yes |
| Application | perl | perl | 5.10.0 | Yes |
| Application | perl | perl | 5.10.0 | Yes |
| Application | perl | perl | 5.10.1 | Yes |
| Application | perl | perl | 5.10.1 | Yes |
| Application | perl | perl | 5.10.1 | Yes |