Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-0761 - Unspecified vulnerability in Perl 5.10.0/5.10.1

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
perl
nessus
exploit available

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Perl
6

Exploit-Db

descriptionPerl 5.10 Multiple NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities. CVE-2011-0761. Dos exploits for multiple platform
idEDB-ID:35725
last seen2016-02-04
modified2011-05-03
published2011-05-03
reporterJonathan Brossard
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/35725/
titlePerl 5.10 Multiple NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201311-17.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201311-17 (Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Perl. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A local attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application. A context-dependent attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id71119
published2013-11-29
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71119
titleGLSA-201311-17 : Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201311-17.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(71119);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/12 19:01:15");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5302", "CVE-2008-5303", "CVE-2010-1158", "CVE-2011-0761", "CVE-2011-1487");
  script_bugtraq_id(12767, 47124, 47766);
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201311-17");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-201311-17 : Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201311-17
(Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Perl. Please review the
      CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  
Impact :

    A local attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or perform
      symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the
      user running the application. A context-dependent attacker could cause a
      Denial of Service condition.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201311-17"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/perl-5.12.3-r1'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(362);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:perl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/11/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/11/29");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-lang/perl", unaffected:make_list("ge 5.12.3-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 5.12.3-r1"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Perl");
}