CVE-2011-1487

EPSS 4.2%

perl - missing taint check

Published: 4/11/2011Modified: 3/9/2026
Also known as:DSA-2265-1DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1487

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.

Affected packages (2)

References (1)