CVE-2011-1487
The (1) lc, (2) lcfirst, (3) uc, and (4) ucfirst functions in Perl 5.10.x, 5.11.x, and 5.12.x through 5.12.3, and 5.13.x through 5.13.11, do not apply the taint attribute to the return value upon
02 Description
The (1) lc, (2) lcfirst, (3) uc, and (4) ucfirst functions in Perl 5.10.x, 5.11.x, and 5.12.x through 5.12.3, and 5.13.x through 5.13.11, do not apply the taint attribute to the return value upon
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
- 10.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.4% 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
- 2011-04-11 18:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-03-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 27dc2c90092f42c111bc1b24bb2ae6d45dd3311710d3da42ac3330190e3f5194
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692844
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2011:009http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-4610http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057891.html
- secunia.com44168http://secunia.com/advisories/44168
- secunia.com43921http://secunia.com/advisories/43921
- www.debian.orgDSA-2265http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2265
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-4631http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057971.html
- rt.perl.orghttp://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=87336
- www.securityfocus.com47124http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47124
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110404 Re: CVE Request -- perl -- lc(), uc() routines are laundering tainted datahttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/04/35
- perl5.git.perl.orghttp://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/539689e74a3bcb04d29e4cd9396de91a81045b99
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692898
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:091http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:091
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comperl-laundering-security-bypass(66528)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66528
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110401 CVE Request -- perl -- lc(), uc() routines are laundering tainted datahttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/3
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- perl Fixed in 5.10.1-20
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- perl Fixed in 5.10.1-20
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- perl Fixed in 5.10.1-20
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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