CVE-2011-2728
EPSS 0.55%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2011-2728
To remediate CVE-2011-2728, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/perl—upgrade to 5.14.2-1 or later
Is CVE-2011-2728 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 5.14.2-1