Debian DLA-576-1 : libdbd-mysql-perl security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 92639

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Two use-after-free vulnerabilities were discovered in DBD::mysql, a Perl DBI driver for the MySQL database server. A remote attacker can take advantage of these flaws to cause a denial of service against an application using DBD::mysql (application crash), or potentially to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 4.021-1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libdbd-mysql-perl packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected libdbd-mysql-perl package.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/07/msg00036.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/libdbd-mysql-perl

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 92639

File Name: debian_DLA-576.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/1/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdbd-mysql-perl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9906, CVE-2015-8949