High severity · published Sep 16, 2020
CVE-2020-14393
A buffer overflow was found in perl-DBI < 1.643 in DBI.xs
7.1
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A buffer overflow was found in perl-DBI < 1.643 in DBI.xs. A local attacker who is able to supply a string longer than 300 characters could cause an out-of-bounds write, affecting the availability of the service or integrity of data.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
Database Interface · Perl
before 1.643 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
31 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14393
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14393
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00067.html
Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00074.html
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877409
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00026.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JXLKODJ7B57GITDEZZXNSHPK4VBYXYHR/
Release Notes
https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/Changes#Changes-in-DBI-1.643
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