# CVE-2020-14392: An untrusted pointer dereference flaw was found in Perl-DBI \< 1.643.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-09-16 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a perl-dbi: perl-DBI before version 1.643

## Description

An untrusted pointer dereference flaw was found in Perl-DBI < 1.643. A local attacker who is able to manipulate calls to dbd_db_login6_sv() could cause memory corruption, affecting the service's availability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a perl-dbi, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877402
- https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/Changes#Changes-in-DBI-1.643
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4503-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00067.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00074.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JXLKODJ7B57GITDEZZXNSHPK4VBYXYHR/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00026.html

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