CVE-2016-1246

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-10-03
CWE:
CWE-120
Bugzilla:
1380375: CVE-2016-1246 perl-DBD-MySQL: Buffer overflow triggered by user supplied data

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in the DBD::mysql module before 4.037 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to an error message.

Find out more about CVE-2016-1246 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-perl520-perl-DBD-MySQL Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux perl516-perl-DBD-MySQL Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-perl524-perl-DBD-MySQL Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perl-DBD-MySQL Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perl-DBD-MySQL Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 perl-DBD-MySQL Will not fix

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