Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libdbd-mysql-perl package, versions <4.033-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
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- published22 Mar 2026
- disclosed17 Feb 2017
Introduced: 17 Feb 2017
CVE-2016-1249 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 libdbd-mysql-perl to version 4.033-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libdbd-mysql-perl package and not the libdbd-mysql-perl package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
The DBD::mysql module before 4.039 for Perl, when using server-side prepared statement support, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via vectors involving an unaligned number of placeholders in WHERE condition and output fields in SELECT expression.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1249
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94350
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/CAPTTOFU/DBD-mysql-4.039/Changes
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/793b72b1a0baa5070adacaac0e12fd995a6fbabe
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/16/1