Red Hat Security Advisory: perl-DBD-Pg security update Security Advisory secalert@redhat.com Red Hat Security Response Team RHSA-2012:1116 Final 1 1 2012-07-25T16:52:00Z Current version 2012-07-25T16:52:00Z 2012-07-25T16:52:00Z Red Hat rhsa-to-cvrf 1.0.1484 2012-07-25T17:01:02Z An updated perl-DBD-Pg package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. Perl DBI is a database access Application Programming Interface (API) for the Perl language. perl-DBD-Pg allows Perl applications to access PostgreSQL database servers. Two format string flaws were found in perl-DBD-Pg. A specially-crafted database warning or error message from a server could cause an application using perl-DBD-Pg to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2012-1151) All users of perl-DBD-Pg are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to fix these issues. Applications using perl-DBD-Pg must be restarted for the update to take effect. Please see https://www.redhat.com/footer/terms-of-use.html Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Moderate https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1116.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1116.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) perl-DBD-Pg-1.49-4.el5_8.src.rpm perl-DBD-Pg-2.15.1-4.el6_3.src.rpm perl-DBD-Pg-1.49-4.el5_8 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) perl-DBD-Pg-2.15.1-4.el6_3 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) perl-DBD-Pg-2.15.1-4.el6_3 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) perl-DBD-Pg-2.15.1-4.el6_3 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) perl-DBD-Pg-1.49-4.el5_8 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Two format string flaws were found in perl-DBD-Pg. A specially-crafted database warning or error message from a server could cause an application using perl-DBD-Pg to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. 2012-03-09T00:00:00Z 2012-02-27T00:00:00Z CVE-2012-1151 5Client-5.8.Z:perl-DBD-Pg-1.49-4.el5_8 5Server-5.8.Z:perl-DBD-Pg-1.49-4.el5_8 6ComputeNode-6.3.z:perl-DBD-Pg-2.15.1-4.el6_3 6Server-6.3.z:perl-DBD-Pg-2.15.1-4.el6_3 6Workstation-6.3.z:perl-DBD-Pg-2.15.1-4.el6_3 Moderate 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1116.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-1151.html CVE-2012-1151 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=801733 bz#801733: CVE-2012-1151 perl-DBD-Pg: Format string flaws by turning db notices into Perl warnings and by preparing DBD statement