DBI is a database access Application Programming Interface (API) for
the Perl Language. The DBI API Specification defines a set of
functions, variables and conventions that provide a consistent
database interface independent of the actual database being used.
Update Information:
Update to 1.648; Fix CVE-2026-9698 and CVE-2026-10879
* Thu Jun 4 2026 Jitka Plesnikova
[ 1 ] Bug #2488910 - CVE-2026-9698 perl-DBI: DBI: Buffer overflow in error handling can lead to arbitrary code execution [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488910
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-134fcb8549' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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