Out-of-Bounds Affecting libdbi-perl package, versions <1.640-1ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBDBIPERL-674686
  • published11 Sept 2020
  • disclosed16 Sept 2020

Introduced: 11 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-14392  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 libdbi-perl to version 1.640-1ubuntu0.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An untrusted pointer dereference flaw was found in Perl-DBI < 1.643. A local attacker who is able to manipulate calls to dbd_db_login6_sv() could cause memory corruption, affecting the service's availability.

CVSS Base Scores

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