SB2016072611 - Fedora 24 update for perl-DBD-MySQL
Published: July 26, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016072611
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8949)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.