Fedora 25: perl-DBD-MySQL Security Update
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:
This release fixes CVE-2016-1251 vulnerability, a use after free when using prepared statements. ---- Updated to the latest version ---- Security fix for CVE-2016-1249
Change Log
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1399580 - CVE-2016-1251 perl-DBD-MySQL: Use after free when using prepared statements https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1399580 [ 2 ] Bug #1395591 - CVE-2016-1249 perl-DBD-MySQL: Out-of-bounds read when using server-side prepared statement support https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395591
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade perl-DBD-MySQL' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html