CVE-2014-10401

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-09-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-732

Description

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.

Affected products

HMBRAND DBI: before 1.632 — fixed in 1.632

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HMBRAND DBI 1.632. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/caedc0d7d602f5b2ae5efc1b00f39efeafb7b05a
https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/Changes#Changes-in-DBI-1.632-9th-Nov-2014
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=99508
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4509-1/
https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/caedc0d7d602f5b2ae5efc1b00f39efeafb7b05a
https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/Changes#Changes-in-DBI-1.632-9th-Nov-2014
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=99508
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4509-1/

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