Unchecked Return Value Affecting libdbi-perl package, versions <1.642-1+deb10u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBDBIPERL-1009486
  • published18 Sept 2020
  • disclosed17 Sept 2020

Introduced: 17 Sep 2020

CVE-2019-20919  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-252  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 libdbi-perl to version 1.642-1+deb10u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libdbi-perl package and not the libdbi-perl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.643 for Perl. The hv_fetch() documentation requires checking for NULL and the code does that. But, shortly thereafter, it calls SvOK(profile), causing a NULL pointer dereference.

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