Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libdbi-perl  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-LIBDBIPERL-1012549
  • published24 Sept 2020
  • disclosed16 Sept 2020

Introduced: 16 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-14393  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.04.

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.

A buffer overflow was found in perl-DBI < 1.643 in DBI.xs. A local attacker who is able to supply a string longer than 300 characters could cause an out-of-bounds write, affecting the availability of the service or integrity of data.