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  Severity: Normal
     Title: pike: SQL injection vulnerability
      Date: August 06, 2006
      Bugs: #136065
        ID: 200608-10

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Synopsis
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A flaw in the input handling could lead to the execution of arbitrary
SQL statements in the underlying PostgreSQL database.

Background
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Pike is a general purpose programming language, able to be used for
multiple tasks.

Affected packages
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     Package        /  Vulnerable  /                        Unaffected
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  1  dev-lang/pike      < 7.6.86                             >= 7.6.86

Description
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Some input is not properly sanitised before being used in a SQL
statement in the underlying PostgreSQL database.

Impact
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A remote attacker could provide malicious input to a pike program,
which might result in the execution of arbitrary SQL statements.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All pike users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/pike-7.6.86"

References
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  [ 1 ] Secunia Advisory SA20494
        https://www.flexera.com/products/software-vulnerability-research/secunia-research

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200608-10

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/