Out-of-Bounds Affecting perl-dbi package, versions <1.643-r0


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
7.4 high
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Red Hat
6.1 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE312-PERLDBI-1009872
  • published 19 Sep 2020
  • disclosed 16 Sep 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.12 perl-dbi to version 1.643-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-dbi package and not the perl-dbi package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.12 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.