DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2728

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2728
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2728.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2728
Upstream
Published
2012-12-21T05:46:14Z
Modified
2026-09-14T06:47:30Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.14.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2728.json"

Debian:13 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.14.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2728.json"

Debian:14 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.14.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2728.json"