CVE-2011-0761: Null Pointer Dereference
First published: Fri May 13 2011(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cret@cert.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Perl Perl | =5.10.0-rc2 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.10.1 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.10.1-rc1 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.10.0 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.10.0-rc1 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.10.1-rc2 |
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