Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Sep 17, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-20919
CVE-2019-20919
Description
An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.643 for Perl. The hv_fetch() documentation requires checking for NULL and the code does that. But, shortly thereafter, it calls SvOK(profile), causing a NULL pointer dereference.
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Affected products
39cpe:2.3:a:perl:dbi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:perl:dbi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.643
- (no CPE)range: <1.643
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Perl/DBI moduledescription
- osv-coords28 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/perl-DBI&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/perl-DBI&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/perl-DBI&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/perl-DBI&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 1.639-lp151.3.13.1+ 27 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.639-lp151.3.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.642-lp152.2.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.643-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.639-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.639-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.639-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.642-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.607-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.607-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.639-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.639-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.628-5.6.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/eca7d7c8f43d96f6277e86d1000e842eb4cc67ffnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00012.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00013.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00026.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/ChangesnvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4534-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JXLKODJ7B57GITDEZZXNSHPK4VBYXYHR/nvd
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