CVE-2014-10402

Publication date 16 September 2020

Last updated 18 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

An issue was discovered in the DBI module through 1.643 for Perl. DBD::File drivers can open files from folders other than those specifically passed via the f_dir attribute in the data source name (DSN). NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-10401.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libdbi-perl 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.643-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.640-1ubuntu0.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.634-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libdbi-perl

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.1 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5030-1
    • Perl DBI module vulnerabilities
    • 4 August 2021
    • USN-5030-2
    • Perl DBI module vulnerabilities
    • 3 February 2022

Other references