CVE-2011-2939

Upstream information

CVE-2011-2939 at MITRE

Description

Off-by-one error in the decode_xs function in Unicode/Unicode.xs in the Encode module before 2.44, as used in Perl before 5.15.6, might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Unicode string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	5.1
Vector	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	High
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 728662 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2011:1251-1, published Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:08:24 +0100 (CET)
• openSUSE-SU-2011:1278-1, published Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:08:58 +0100 (CET)