CVE-2015-8949
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · Use-after-free
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/cf0aa7751f6ef8445e9310a64b14dc81460ca156 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/cf0aa7751f6ef8445e9310a64b14dc81460ca156Patch
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/45Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3635Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/13Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/27/1Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92118
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/50-Use-after-free-in-my_login-function-of-DBDmysql-Perl-module.htmlAdvisory
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/blob/4.033_01/Changes