CVE-2011-0761
EPSS 3.4%
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.
How to fix CVE-2011-0761
To remediate CVE-2011-0761, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/perl—upgrade to 5.12.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2011-0761 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 5.12.0-1