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Fedora 23 : perl-DBD-MySQL (2016-bf6c3ea62c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96024

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This release fixes CVE-2016-1249 (out-of-bound read when using server-side prepared statements) and CVE-2016-1251 vulnerability (a use after free when using prepared statements).

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Solution

Update the affected perl-DBD-MySQL package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-bf6c3ea62c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96024

File Name: fedora_2016-bf6c3ea62c.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/20/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-dbd-mysql

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1249, CVE-2016-1251