Perl 5.10.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by leveraging an ability to inject arguments into a (1) getpeername, (2) readdir, (3) closedir, (4) getsockname, (5) rewinddir, (6) tell, or (7) telldir function call.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perl | Perl | 5.10.0 | 5.10.0 |
| Perl | Perl | 5.10.0 | 5.10.0 |
| Perl | Perl | 5.10.0 | 5.10.0 |
| Perl | Perl | 5.10.1 | 5.10.1 |
| Perl | Perl | 5.10.1 | 5.10.1 |
| Perl | Perl | 5.10.1 | 5.10.1 |
| Perl | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Perl | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
| Perl | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Perl | Ubuntu | maverick | * |
| Perl | Ubuntu | natty | * |
| Perl | Ubuntu | upstream | * |