Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 16.04

Description

USN-5030-1 addressed vulnerabilities in Perl DBI module. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the Perl DBI module incorrectly opened files outside of the folder specified in the data source name. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2014-10402) It was discovered that the Perl DBI module incorrectly handled certain long strings. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the DBI module to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-14393)

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2020-14393, CVE-2014-10402

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Operations Manager
  • 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.29
  • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.28

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

• Operations Manager
  • 2.9.29
  • 2.10.28

References

• https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-14393
• https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-10402
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5030-2

History

2022-03-17: Initial vulnerability report published.