Vulnerability Details CVE-2011-1487
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.045
EPSS Ranking 88.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057891.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057971.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/04/35
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/539689e74a3bcb04d29e4cd9396de91a81045b99
- http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=87336
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43921
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44168
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2265
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:091
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47124
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692844
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692898
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66528
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057891.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057971.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/04/35
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/539689e74a3bcb04d29e4cd9396de91a81045b99
- http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=87336
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43921
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44168
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2265
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:091
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47124
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692844
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692898
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66528
Products affected by CVE-2011-1487
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.1
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.2
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.3
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.4
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.5
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.1
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.2
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.3
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.1
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.10
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.11
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.2
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.3
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.4
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.5
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.6
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.7
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.8
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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.9