CVE-2016-1249
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.43% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- dbd-mysql project/dbd-mysql
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/CAPTTOFU/DBD-mysql-4.039/ChangesRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/16/1Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94350Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/793b72b1a0baa5070adacaac0e12fd995a6fbabePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/CAPTTOFU/DBD-mysql-4.039/ChangesRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/16/1Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94350Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/793b72b1a0baa5070adacaac0e12fd995a6fbabePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.