critical
CVE-2015-8949
perl-DBD-MySQL: Use after free when my_login fails
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium), Red Hat (low).
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the my_login function in DBD::mysql before 4.033_01 allows attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging a call to mysql_errno after a failure of my_login.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian 11 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.035-1 |
| debian 12 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.035-1 |
| debian 13 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.035-1 |
| debian 14 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.035-1 |
| debian 7 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.021-1+deb7u1 |
| debian 8 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.028-2+deb8u1 |
| echo | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.035-1 |
| Red Hat | rh-perl520-perl-DBD-MySQL | no fix listed |
| ubuntu 12.04 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.020-1ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.025-1ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.025-1ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.033-1ubuntu0.1 |
Show all 13 entries from 13 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian 11 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.035-1 |
| debian 12 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.035-1 |
| debian 13 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.035-1 |
| debian 14 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.035-1 |
| debian 7 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.021-1+deb7u1 |
| debian 8 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.028-2+deb8u1 |
| echo | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.035-1 |
| Red Hat | rh-perl520-perl-DBD-MySQL | no fix listed |
| ubuntu 12.04 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.020-1ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.025-1ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.025-1ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.033-1ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | libdbd-mysql-perl | 4.033-1ubuntu0.1 |
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/150
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3635
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/27/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92118
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8949
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/50-Use-after-free-in-my_login-function-of-DBDmysql-Perl-module.html
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/blob/4.033_01/Changes
All 14 references
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/cf0aa7751f6ef8445e9310a64b14dc81460ca156
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/45
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8949
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3103-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8949