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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>2012-04-17</announced>
<revised count="1">2012-04-17</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="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1151">CVE-2012-1151</uri>
</references>
<metadata timestamp="2012-03-17T19:18:38Z" tag="requester">ackle</metadata>
<metadata timestamp="2012-04-17T22:44:31Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>