Untrusted Pointer Dereference Flaw in Perl-DBI Product by Perl
CVE-2020-14392

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Perl

Status
Perl-dbi
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 September 2020

What is CVE-2020-14392?

An untrusted pointer dereference flaw was identified in Perl-DBI versions earlier than 1.643. This vulnerability can be exploited by a local attacker who manipulates calls to the dbd_db_login6_sv() function, potentially leading to memory corruption and impacting the availability of services leveraging the Perl-DBI interface.

Affected Version(s)

perl-dbi perl-DBI before version 1.643

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877402
x_refsource_MISC
https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/Changes#Changes...
x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4503-1/
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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