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CVE-2014-10401 json

An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.632 for Perl.

published 2020-09-11 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-1172

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.632 for Perl. DBD::File drivers can open files from folders other than those specifically passed via the f_dir attribute.

Patch / fix

  • perl dbi 1.632
  • libdbi-perl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.633-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-10401

  • libdbi-perl Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.630-1ubuntu0.1~esm4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-10401

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • perl-DBI SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 1.628-5.9.1
  • perl-DBI SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 1.639-3.14.1
  • perl-DBI SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 1.642-3.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:3136-1SUSE-SU-2020:3385-1SUSE-SU-2020:3384-1

  • perl-DBI openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.643-2.7
  • perl-DBI openSUSE Leap 15.2 1.642-lp152.2.9.1
  • perl-DBI openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.639-lp151.3.16.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11161-1openSUSE-SU-2020:2064-1openSUSE-SU-2020:2051-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-10401 updated cvss 6.1

perl-dbi: DBD:: File drivers open files from folders other than specifically passed

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 perl-DBI Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perl-DBI
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perl-DBI
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perl-DBI Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 perl-DBI Red Hat Software Collections rh-perl526-perl-DBI, rh-perl530-perl-DBI
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 3.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

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