CVE-2011-2728
mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.014 · 72 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (127)
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references (21)
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- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.podcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069752.htmlcnnvd
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1af4051e077438976a4c12a0622feaf6715bec77cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46172cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49858cnnvd
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2011_2728_denial_of1cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742987cnnvd
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.podenisa_euvd
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