| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2265-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 622817 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| perl (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.20.2-3+deb8u14 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 5.24.1-3+deb9u5 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 5.24.1-3+deb9u8 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 5.28.1-6+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.32.1-4+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.32.1-4+deb11u4 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 5.36.0-7+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 5.40.0-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| perl | source | lenny | 5.10.0-19lenny4 | DSA-2265-1 | ||
| perl | source | squeeze | 5.10.1-17squeeze1 | DSA-2265-1 | ||
| perl | source | (unstable) | 5.10.1-20 | unimportant | 622817 |
http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/171010