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

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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
08/19/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

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(s)

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

References

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