Man-in-the-middle attack in dbd-mysql - CVE-2017-10788
Published: May 29, 2018 / Updated: May 31, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13110
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10788
CWE-ID: CWE-300
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free error when improper certificate validation. A remote attacker can conduct man-in-the-middle attack, intercept of the communication channel between the affected app, trigger (1) certain error responses from a MySQL server or (2) a loss of a network connection to a MySQL server and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
dbd-mysql
Fedora
openSUSE Leap
perl-DBD-MySQL
Fedora
openSUSE Leap
perl-DBD-MySQL
How to mitigate CVE-2017-10788
Install update from vendor's website.
perl-DBD-MySQL - addressed in versions 4.043-1.fc25, 4.043-1.fc26