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SUSE: 2018:1449-1 Moderate: Perl-DBD-MySQL Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey May 28, 2018
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Debian Security Update for libxml2 resolves critical security flaws with detailed remediation guidance.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service SUSE Linux Enterprise perl-DBD-mysql

References

#1047059 #1047095

Cross- CVE-2017-10788 CVE-2017-10789

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

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

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1449-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service SUSE Linux Enterprise perl-DBD-mysql

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