vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-8949: DBD::mysql: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 19, 2016
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-perl-dbd-mysql
Title
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