SB2012091004 - Format string error in Perl
Published: September 10, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012091004
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Format string error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1151)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in dbdimp.c in DBD::Pg (aka DBD-Pg or libdbd-pg-perl) module before 2.19.0 for Perl allow remote PostgreSQL database servers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via format string specifiers in (1) a crafted database warning to the pg_warn function or (2) a crafted DBD statement to the dbd_st_prepare function.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661536
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/TURNSTEP/DBD-Pg-2.19.1/Changes
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1116.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48307
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48319
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48824
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-08.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2431
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:112
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/09/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/10/4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=801733
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73854
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73855
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=75642