CVE-2017-10789 Security feature bypass in n/a
Man-in-the-middle attackers can downgrade SSL connections to cleartext due to incorrect SSL enforcement in the Perl DBD::mysql module.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-10789?
CVE-2017-10789 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10789?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dbd-Mysql Project Dbd-Mysql.
How do I fix CVE-2017-10789?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2017-10789 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10789 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10789, GHSA-4384-9v4p-2vmf, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10789.