ESSA-2026:0152

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2026-08-11 08:45 - Updated: 2026-08-11 08:45
Summary
Important: perl-DBI:1.641 security update
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: Important: perl-DBI:1.641 security update
Description of the patch: The perl-DBI package provides the standard database interface module for the Perl programming language. It implements a database-independent interface,meaning it defines a consistent set of methods, variables, and conventions fordatabase operations.Security Fix(es): DBI: Heap overflow when preparsing SQL statements with excessive placeholders (CVE-2026-14739) DBI: Arbitrary code execution via caller-influenced Profile attribute (CVE-2026-14380).
Patchnames: ESSA-2026:0152
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2026-14380
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:perl-DBI-1.641-8.module+el8.10.0+24620+2953b6e4.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2026-14739
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:perl-DBI-1.641-8.module+el8.10.0+24620+2953b6e4.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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