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From: Sean Amoss <ackle@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201204-08 ] Perl DBD-Pg Module: Arbitrary code execution
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:59:07
Message-Id: 4F8E013E.80002@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201204-08
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Perl DBD-Pg Module: Arbitrary code execution
9 Date: April 17, 2012
10 Bugs: #407549
11 ID: 201204-08
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15 Synopsis
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18 Two format string vulnerabilities have been found in the Perl DBD-Pg
19 module, allowing a remote PostgreSQL servers to execute arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 DBD-Pg is a PostgreSQL interface module for Perl.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 dev-perl/DBD-Pg < 2.19.0 >= 2.19.0
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34 Description
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37 Format string vulnerabilities have been found in the the "pg_warn()"
38 and "dbd_st_prepare()" functions in dbdimp.c.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote PostgreSQL server could send specially crafted database
44 warnings or DBD statements, possibly resulting in execution of
45 arbitrary code.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All users of the Perl DBD-Pg module should upgrade to the latest
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-perl/DBD-Pg-2.19.0"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2012-1151
65 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1151
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-08.xml
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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