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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-14393: Perl DBI: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 13, 2020
Added
Sep 14, 2020
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

A 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.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-perl-dbi
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