Is CVE-2011-0761 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2011-0761 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2011-0761?

CVE-2011-0761 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2011-0761?

CVE-2011-0761 has an EPSS score of 8.88% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2011-0761?

Upgrade perl on debian 11 to 5.12.0-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2011-0761

MEDIUMEPSS 95th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

perlDebian

Fixed in:5.12.0-1CVE-2011-0761

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

8.88%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit3

Other references3

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