SB2017070425 - Fedora 26 update for perl-DBD-MySQL
Published: July 4, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017070425
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Man-in-the-middle attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10788)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free error when improper certificate validation. A remote attacker can conduct man-in-the-middle attack, intercept of the communication channel between the affected app, trigger (1) certain error responses from a MySQL server or (2) a loss of a network connection to a MySQL server and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.