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Status published
Medium
CVE-2019-20919
An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.643...
Vulnerability Description
An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.643 for Perl. The hv_fetch() documentation requires checking for NULL and the code does that. But, shortly thereafter, it calls SvOK(profile), causing a NULL pointer dereference.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/Changes#Changes-in-DBI-1.643-...
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/eca7d7c8f43d96f6277e86d1000e842eb4cc67ff
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4534-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JXLKODJ7B57GITDEZZXNSHPK4VBYXYHR/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00013.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 31, 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 9.0, 15.1, 15.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 17th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.