vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-10789): DBD::mysql vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jul 1, 2017 | Mar 22, 2023 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jul 1, 2017
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
The DBD::mysql module through 4.043 for Perl uses the mysql_ssl=1 setting to mean that SSL is optional (even though this setting's documentation has a "your communication with the server will be encrypted" statement), which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a cleartext-downgrade attack, a related issue to CVE-2015-3152.
Solution
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libdbd-mysql-perl
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