CVE-2017-10789 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99364 https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/110 https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/140 https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/114

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.9