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openSUSE Leap 42.3: 2018:1463-1 Moderate: perl-DBD-mysql SSL Risk

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Calendar Grey May 29, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
New patch resolves two vulnerabilities in perl-DBD-mysql for openSUSE, tackling moderate risk concerns associated with SSL configurations.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for perl-DBD-mysql fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2017-10789: The DBD::mysql module when with mysql_ssl=1 setting

enabled, means that SSL is optional (even though this setting's

documentation has a \"your communication with the server will be

encrypted\" statement), which could lead man-in-the-middle attackers to

spoof servers via a cleartext-downgrade attack, a related issue to

CVE-2015-3152. (bsc#1047059)

- CVE-2017-10788: The DBD::mysql module through 4.043 for Perl allows

remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and

application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by

triggering (1) certain error responses from a MySQL server or (2) a loss

of a network connection to a MySQL server. The use-after-free defect was

introduced by relying on incorrect Oracle mysql_stmt_close documentation

and code examples. (bsc#1047095)

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-539=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

perl-DBD-mysql-4.021-18.3.1

perl-DBD-mysql-debuginfo-4.021-18.3.1

perl-DBD-mysql-debugsource-4.021-18.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10788.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10789.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1047059

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1047095

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:1463-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3

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