glsa-201204-08.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201204-08">
  <title>Perl DBD-Pg Module: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>Two format string vulnerabilities have been found in the Perl
    DBD-Pg module, allowing a remote PostgreSQL servers to execute arbitrary
    code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">DBD-Pg</product>
  <announced>April 17, 2012</announced>
  <revised>April 17, 2012: 1</revised>
  <bug>407549</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-perl/DBD-Pg" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.19.0</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.19.0</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>DBD-Pg is a PostgreSQL interface module for Perl.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Format string vulnerabilities have been found in the the "pg_warn()" and
      "dbd_st_prepare()" functions in dbdimp.c.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote PostgreSQL server could send specially crafted database
      warnings or DBD statements, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary
      code.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All users of the Perl DBD-Pg module should upgrade to the latest
      version:
    </p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-perl/DBD-Pg-2.19.0"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1151">CVE-2012-1151</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata timestamp="Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:18:38 +0000" tag="requester">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata timestamp="Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:44:31 +0000" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>