Debian DLA-2386-1 : libdbi-perl security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 140934

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Perl5 Database Interface (DBI). An attacker could trigger a denial of service (DoS) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

CVE-2019-20919

The hv_fetch() documentation requires checking for NULL and the code does that. But, shortly thereafter, it calls SvOK(profile), causing a NULL pointer dereference.

CVE-2020-14392

An untrusted pointer dereference flaw was found in Perl-DBI. A local attacker who is able to manipulate calls to dbd_db_login6_sv() could cause memory corruption, affecting the service's availability.

CVE-2020-14393

A buffer overflow on via an overlong DBD class name in dbih_setup_handle function may lead to data be written past the intended limit.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.636-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libdbi-perl packages.

For the detailed security status of libdbi-perl please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libdbi-perl

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected libdbi-perl package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140934

File Name: debian_DLA-2386.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/29/2020

Updated: 2/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14393

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdbi-perl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20919, CVE-2020-14392, CVE-2020-14393

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