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Fedora 23: perl-DBD-MySQL Update for CVE-2016-1246 Critical Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey October 19, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Important security patch released for perl-DBD-MySQL in Fedora 23 fixing buffer overflow vulnerability linked to CVE-2016-1246.
Security fix for CVE-2016-1246

Summary

DBD::mysql is the Perl5 Database Interface driver for the MySQL database. In

other words: DBD::mysql is an interface between the Perl programming language

and the MySQL programming API that comes with the MySQL relational database

management system.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-1246

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow critical Fedora security fix perl DBD MySQL

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1380375 - CVE-2016-1246 perl-DBD-MySQL: Buffer overflow triggered by user supplied data https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380375

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update perl-DBD-MySQL' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: perl-DBD-MySQL
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 4.033
Release: 3.fc23
URL: Summary : A MySQL interface for Perl

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