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    CVE-2011-0761

    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.

    Published:May 3, 2011
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:May 13, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.04091
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Perl
    Product
    Perl

    Exploits

    http://securitytracker.com/id?1025507http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47766http://www.toucan-system.com/advisories/tssa-2011-03.txthttp://securitytracker.com/id?1025507http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47766http://www.toucan-system.com/advisories/tssa-2011-03.txthttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35725

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High