perl — security advisory
The Safe (aka Safe.pm) module before 2.25 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended (1) Safe::reval and (2) Safe::rdo access restrictions, and inject and execute arbitrary code, via vectors involving implicitly called methods and implicitly blessed objects, as demonstrated by the (a) DESTROY and (b) AUTOLOAD methods, related to "automagic methods."
- Products
- perl
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.1-13
- CVEs
- CVE-2010-1168
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The Safe (aka Safe.pm) module before 2.25 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended (1) Safe::reval and (2) Safe::rdo access restrictions, and inject and execute arbitrary code, via vectors involving implicitly called methods and implicitly blessed objects, as demonstrated by the (a) DESTROY and (b) AUTOLOAD methods, related to "automagic methods."
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1168
perl
Fixed versions: 5.10.1-13
perl
Fixed versions: 5.10.1-13
perl
Fixed versions: 5.10.1-13
Complete source record
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