CVE-2011-1487

NameCVE-2011-1487
DescriptionThe (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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2265-1
Debian Bugs622817

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
perl (PTS)buster5.28.1-6+deb10u1fixed
bullseye5.32.1-4+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)5.32.1-4+deb11u1fixed
bookworm5.36.0-7+deb12u1fixed
trixie5.38.2-3fixed
sid5.38.2-3.2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
perlsourcelenny5.10.0-19lenny4DSA-2265-1
perlsourcesqueeze5.10.1-17squeeze1DSA-2265-1
perlsource(unstable)5.10.1-20unimportant622817

Notes

http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/171010

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