VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-14393
A buffer overflow was found in perl-DBI < 1.643 in DBI.xs.
HIGH 7.1EPSS 0.61%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A buffer overflow was found in perl-DBI < 1.643 in DBI.xs. A local attacker who is able to supply a string longer than 300 characters could cause an out-of-bounds write, affecting the availability of the service or integrity of data.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.61% probability · 47th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-787
- Affected
- perl/database interface · opensuse/leap · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00067.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00074.htmlBroken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877409Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JXLKODJ7B57GITDEZZXNSHPK4VBYXYHR/
- https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/Changes#Changes-in-DBI-1.643Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00067.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00074.htmlBroken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877409Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JXLKODJ7B57GITDEZZXNSHPK4VBYXYHR/
- https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/Changes#Changes-in-DBI-1.643Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.