CVE-2011-2728

Publication date 21 December 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
perl 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored

Notes

seth-arnold

glob flags would need to be under control of attacker in another program for this to be a security issue.

mdeslaur

we don't consider this to be a security issue. Ignoring.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
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