Gentoo Linux GLSA-200601-05 High: mod_auth_pgsql Code Execution Risk
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January 10, 2006
Format string vulnerabilities in mod_auth_pgsql may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200601-05
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: mod_auth_pgsql: Multiple format string vulnerabilities
Date: January 10, 2006
Bugs: #118096
ID: 200601-05
Synopsis
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Format string vulnerabilities in mod_auth_pgsql may lead to the
execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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mod_auth_pgsql is an Apache2 module that allows user authentication
against a PostgreSQL database.
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1 net-www/mod_auth_pgsql < 2.0.3 >= 2.0.3
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The error logging functions of mod_auth_pgsql fail to validate certain
strings before passing them to syslog, resulting in format strin...
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