VDB
CVE-2011-1487
CVE-2011-1487
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5 MEDIUM
The (1) lc, (2) lcfirst, (3) uc, and (4) ucfirst functions in Perl 5.10.x, 5.11.x, and 5.12.x through 5.12.3, and 5.13.x through 5.13.11, do not apply the taint attribute to the return value upon processing tainted input, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism via a crafted string.
EPSS 4.20% · 88.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
5
EPSS Score
4.20%
88.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| perl | perl | 5.10.0, 5.10.1, 5.10.1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/3 (nist-nvd)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/04/35 (nist-nvd)
- http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=87336 (nist-nvd)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47124 (nist-nvd)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692898 (nist-nvd)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692844 (circl)
- SUSE-SR:2011:009 (circl)
- FEDORA-2011-4610 (circl)
- 44168 (circl)
- 43921 (circl)
…and 5 more exploits
Timeline
- Apr 11, 2011 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Dec 22, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692844 url
- SUSE-SR:2011:009 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-4610 vendor-advisory
- 44168 third-party-advisory
- 43921 third-party-advisory
- DSA-2265 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-4631 vendor-advisory
- http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=87336 url
- 47124 vdb
- [oss-security] 20110404 Re: CVE Request -- perl -- lc(), uc() routines are laundering tainted data mailing-list
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/539689e74a3bcb04d29e4cd9396de91a81045b99 url
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692898 url
- MDVSA-2011:091 vendor-advisory
- perl-laundering-security-bypass(66528) vdb
- [oss-security] 20110401 CVE Request -- perl -- lc(), uc() routines are laundering tainted data mailing-list
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1487 advisory