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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-4534-1 Critical: Perl DBI Input Handling Issue

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Calendar Grey September 23, 2020
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The Perl DBI library may reveal personal data and be prone to failure with specific inputs. Ensure your Ubuntu operating system is current to prevent vulnerabilities.
Perl DBI module could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted input.

Summary

Perl DBI module could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it

received a specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- libdbi-perl: Perl Database Interface (DBI)

Details:

It was discovered that Perl DBI module incorrectly handled certain inputs.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive

information.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical information exposure libdbi-perl Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS module crash

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libdbi-perl                     1.640-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libdbi-perl                     1.634-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  libdbi-perl                     1.630-1ubuntu0.1~esm5

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  libdbi-perl                     1.616-1ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4534-1

CVE-2019-20919

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September 23, 2020

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical information exposure libdbi-perl Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS module crash

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdbi-perl/1.640-1ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdbi-perl/1.634-1ubuntu0.2

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