CVE-2011-1487
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 11, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 21, 2011
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692844
- SUSE-SR:2011:009vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-4610vendor-advisory
- 44168third-party-advisory
- 43921third-party-advisory
- DSA-2265vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-4631vendor-advisory
- http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=87336
- 47124vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20110404 Re: CVE Request -- perl -- lc(), uc() routines are laundering tainted datamailing-list
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/539689e74a3bcb04d29e4cd9396de91a81045b99
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692898
- MDVSA-2011:091vendor-advisory
- perl-laundering-security-bypass(66528)vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20110401 CVE Request -- perl -- lc(), uc() routines are laundering tainted datamailing-list
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