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)
02 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)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-05-13 17:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-02-03
- Assigning CNA
- certcc
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 74e588ec24145bba70c29476fc5788dc96db7d1977d6a45c8f58fab2ca18cce5
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.toucan-system.comhttp://www.toucan-system.com/advisories/tssa-2011-03.txt
- securityreason.com8248http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8248
- securitytracker.com1025507http://securitytracker.com/id?1025507
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comperl-functions-dos(67355)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67355
- www.securityfocus.com47766http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47766
- www.securityfocus.com20110509 TSSA-2011-03 - Perl : multiple functions null pointer dereference uppon parameters injectionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517916/100/0/threaded
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- perl Fixed in 5.12.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- perl Fixed in 5.12.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- perl Fixed in 5.12.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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