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CVE-2020-14392

Published: 11 September 2020

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libdbi-perl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty
Released (1.630-1ubuntu0.1~esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (1.643-1)
bionic
Released (1.640-1ubuntu0.1)
focal Not vulnerable
(1.643-1)
xenial
Released (1.634-1ubuntu0.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/ea99b6aafb437db53c28fd40d5eafbe119cd66e1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H