Bug 386357 (CVE-2011-0761)

Summary:	<dev-lang/perl-5.12.3-r1 : DoS vulnerability (CVE-2011-0761)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot <glsamaker>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	perl
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	A3 [glsa]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2011-10-08 15:12:47 UTC

CVE-2011-0761 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0761):
  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.


Please punt vulnerable versions.

Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2013-09-05 15:40:57 UTC

The affected version are masked.

@security go ahead with the glsa.

Comment 2 Chris Reffett (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-10-09 03:42:56 UTC

Added to existing draft.

Comment 3 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2013-11-28 08:33:19 UTC

This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201311-17 at http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-17.xml
by GLSA coordinator Sergey Popov (pinkbyte).