Buffer overflow in Debian Linux - CVE-2016-1246
Published: October 5, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40082
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1246
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Buffer overflow in the DBD::mysql module before 4.037 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to an error message.
Affected software
Debian Linux
macOS
Fedora
perl-DBD-MySQL
macOS
Fedora
perl-DBD-MySQL
How to mitigate CVE-2016-1246
Install update from vendor's website.
macOS - update to 15.2 24C101
perl-DBD-MySQL - addressed in versions 4.033-3.fc23, 4.037-1.fc24, 4.037-1.fc25
perl-DBD-MySQL - addressed in versions 4.033-3.fc23, 4.037-1.fc24, 4.037-1.fc25
External References
- http://blogs.perl.org/users/mike_b/2016/10/security-release---buffer-overflow-in-dbdmysql-perl-library.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3684
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93337
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/7c164a0c86cec6ee95df1d141e67b0e85dfdefd2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51