CVE-2011-2728

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    CVE-2011-2728

    Published: 21 Dec 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/46172, https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2011_2728_denial_of1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742987, http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069752.html, http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1af4051e077438976a4c12a0622feaf6715bec77, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49858

    Affected packages

    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
    Low
    High