CVE-2020-14392

Publication date 11 September 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

An untrusted pointer dereference flaw was found in Perl-DBI < 1.643. A local attacker who is able to manipulate calls to dbd_db_login6_sv() could cause memory corruption, affecting the service’s availability.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libdbi-perl 20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.640-1ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.634-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libdbi-perl

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4503-1
    • Perl DBI module vulnerability
    • 16 September 2020

Other references