Bug#866818: libdbd-mysql-perl: CVE-2017-10788

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libdbd-mysql-perl
Version: 4.028-2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libdbd-mysql-perl.

CVE-2017-10788[0]:
| 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 introduced by relying on
| incorrect Oracle mysql_stmt_close documentation and code examples.

Related discussions in [1] and [2]. [2] contains a proposed patch.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-10788
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10788
[1] http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/443
[2] https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/120

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore