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CVE-2011-1487 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057891.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057971.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html	CVE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/3	CVE	ExploitPatch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/04/35	CVE	ExploitPatch
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/539689e74a3bcb04d29e4cd9396de91a81045b99	CVE	Patch
http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=87336	CVE	Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692844	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692898	CVE	ExploitPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/43921	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44168	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66528	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2265	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:091	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47124	CVE	Exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057891.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057971.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html	[email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/3	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/04/35	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/539689e74a3bcb04d29e4cd9396de91a81045b99	[email protected]	Patch
http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=87336	[email protected]	Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692844	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692898	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/43921	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44168	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66528	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2265	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:091	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47124	[email protected]	Exploit

see all 30 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
perl perl	5.10.0 5.10.0 rc1 5.10.0 rc2 5.10.1 5.10.1 rc1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.1:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.1:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0:rc0:::::: cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0:rc4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0:rc5:::::: cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.1:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.1:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.2:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.3:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.3:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.3:rc3:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

perl perl

5.10.0

5.10.0 rc1

5.10.0 rc2

5.10.1

5.10.1 rc1

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.13.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 12, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]