CVE-2017-10789
mediumpriority · track · 25OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.022 · 82 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (2)
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references (12)
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- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/110cnnvd
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/140cnnvd
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/114cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99364cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99364enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/110enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/140enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/114enisa_euvd
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