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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 13, 2011· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2011-0761

CVE-2011-0761

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) readdir, (3) closedir, (4) getsockname, (5) rewinddir, (6) tell, or (7) telldir function call.

Affected products

6
  • Perl Foundation/Perl6 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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References

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