CVE-2017-10789

MEDIUM

DBD::mysql <4.043 - Man-in-the-middle

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (4)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99364

[Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/110

[Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/114

[Issue Tracking] https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/140

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0026

EPSS Percentile 48.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

Status published

Products (2)

dbd-mysql_project/dbd-mysql < 4.043

n/a/n/a

Published Jul 01, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026