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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1168

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

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1168

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Jun 2010, 16:30 UTC

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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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 416893,
  "published_at": "2010-06-21T16:30:01.133+00:00"
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