CVE-2017-10789
The DBD::mysql module through 4.043 for Perl uses the mysql_ssl=1 setting to mean that SSL is optional (even though this setting's documentation has a "your communication with the server will be encrypted" statement), which allows man-in-the-middle…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The DBD::mysql module through 4.043 for Perl uses the mysql_ssl=1 setting to mean that SSL is optional (even though this setting's documentation has a "your communication with the server will be encrypted" statement), which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a cleartext-downgrade attack, a related issue to CVE-2015-3152.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.20% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- dbd-mysql project/dbd-mysql
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99364Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/110Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/140
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/114Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99364Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/110Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/140
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/114Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.