{"id":"CVE-2017-10789","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-10789","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:22:00.753Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2017-07-01T18:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:00:43.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["dbd-mysql project/dbd-mysql"],"epss":{"score":0.02202,"percentile":0.82445,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99364","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/110","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/140","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/114","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99364","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/110","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/140","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/114","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10789","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}