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Debian: DSA-2431-1 Moderate: libdbd-pg-perl Format String Exploit

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Calendar Grey March 11, 2012
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Safeguard your infrastructure by enhancing libdbi-perl libraries to fix vulnerabilities linked to arbitrary format strings exploited by malevolent servers.
Niko Tyni discovered two format string vulnerabilities in DBD::Pg, a Perl DBI driver for the PostgreSQL database server, which can be exploited by a rogue database server
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Summary

Niko Tyni discovered two format string vulnerabilities in DBD::Pg, a Perl
DBI driver for the PostgreSQL database server, which can be exploited
by a rogue database server.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.17.1-2+squeeze1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.19.0-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libdbd-pg-perl packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



Package: libdbd-pg-perl
CVE ID: CVE-2012-1151

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