Security Advisories (7)
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.
The DBD::mysql module through 4.043 for Perl uses the mysql_ssl=1 setting to mean that SSL is optional (even though this setting's documentation has a "your communication with the server will be encrypted" statement), which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a cleartext-downgrade attack, a related issue to CVE-2015-3152.
Out-of-bounds read.
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.
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.
There is a vulnerability of type use-after-free affecting DBD::mysql (aka DBD-mysql or the Database Interface (DBI) MySQL driver for Perl) 3.x and 4.x before 4.041 when used with mysql_server_prepare=1.
Use-after-free vulnerability in DBD::mysql before 4.029 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a lost server connection.
NAME
DBD::mysql - MySQL database driver for Perl DBI
Usage
Usage is described in DBD::mysql.
Installation
Installation is described in DBD::mysql::INSTALL.
Support
The driver is maintained by a mailing list:
This module is maintained and supported on a mailing list, dbi-users. To subscribe to this list, send an email to
dbi-users-subscribe@perl.org
Mailing list archives are at
http://groups.google.com/group/perl.dbi.users
You can also get help from the maintainer, Patrick Galbraith patg@patg.net
Module Install Instructions
To install DBD::mysql, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm DBD::mysql
perl -MCPAN -e shell
install DBD::mysql
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.