USN-4534-1: Perl DBI module vulnerability

Publication date

23 September 2020

Overview

Perl DBI module could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted input.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that Perl DBI module incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive
information.

It was discovered that Perl DBI module incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive
information.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic libdbi-perl –  1.640-1ubuntu0.2
16.04 xenial libdbi-perl –  1.634-1ubuntu0.2
14.04 trusty libdbi-perl –  1.630-1ubuntu0.1~esm5  
12.04 precise libdbi-perl –  1.616-1ubuntu0.2

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