A libdbi-perl security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 8 Extended LTS to fix CVE-2014-10401.

ELA-620-1 libdbi-perl security update

Package libdbi-perl
Version 1.631-3+deb8u2
Related CVEs CVE-2014-10402

It was discovered that CVE-2014-10401 was fixed incompletely in the Perl5 Database Interface (DBI). An attacker could trigger information disclosure through a different vector.

CVE-2014-10401

DBD::File drivers can open files from folders other than those specifically passed via the f_dir attribute.

CVE-2014-10402

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.

For Debian 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 1.631-3+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libdbi-perl packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found at: https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/

  ELA-620-1 libdbi-perl security update