CVE-2020-14393

Summary

CVECVE-2020-14393
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-16 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:17:00 UTC
DescriptionA buffer overflow was found in perl-DBI < 1.643 in DBI.xs. A local attacker who is able to supply a string longer than 300 characters could cause an out-of-bounds write, affecting the availability of the service or integrity of data.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Application Perl Database Interface All All All All
Application Perl Database Interface All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2386-1] libdbi-perl security update MLIST lists.debian.org
DBI::Changes - List of significant changes to the DBI - metacpan.org MISC metacpan.org Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
1877409 – (CVE-2020-14393) CVE-2020-14393 perl-dbi: Buffer overflow on an overlong DBD class name MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1502-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: perl-DBI-1.643-3.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: perl-DBI-1.643-3.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1483-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198450 Ubuntu Security Notification for Perl DBI module vulnerabilities (USN-5030-1)
  • 500519 Alpine Linux Security Update for perl-dbi
  • 501989 Alpine Linux Security Update for perl-dbi
  • 504279 Alpine Linux Security Update for perl-dbi
  • 750633 OpenSUSE Security Update for perl-DBI (openSUSE-SU-2020:1502-1)
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