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CVE-2015-8949

Published: 19 August 2016

Use-after-free vulnerability in the my_login function in DBD::mysql before 4.033_01 allows attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging a call to mysql_errno after a failure of my_login.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libdbd-mysql-perl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (4.020-1ubuntu0.1)
trusty
Released (4.025-1ubuntu0.1)
upstream
Released (4.035-1)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial
Released (4.033-1ubuntu0.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/cf0aa7751f6ef8445e9310a64b14dc81460ca156

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H