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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-2706 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:08:23.771Z

Reserved: 2011-07-11T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2011-2728

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-12-21T05:46:14.527

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-2728

cve-icon Redhat

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Publid Date: 2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-2728 - Bugzilla

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