Perl DBD-Pg Module: Arbitrary code execution — GLSA 201204-08

Two format string vulnerabilities have been found in the Perl DBD-Pg module, allowing a remote PostgreSQL servers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected packages

Background

DBD-Pg is a PostgreSQL interface module for Perl.

Description

Format string vulnerabilities have been found in the the "pg_warn()" and "dbd_st_prepare()" functions in dbdimp.c.

Impact

A remote PostgreSQL server could send specially crafted database warnings or DBD statements, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-perl/DBD-Pg-2.19.0"
 

References

• CVE-2012-1151

Release date
April 17, 2012

Latest revision
April 17, 2012: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

• 407549