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Ubuntu: USN-3103-1 (CVE-2015-8949): DBD::mysql vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3103-1 (CVE-2015-8949): DBD::mysql vulnerabilities

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/19/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/13/2016
Modified
11/08/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libdbd-mysql-perl

References

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