Scientific Linux 5.x, 6.x: CVE-2012-1151 Moderate: perl-DBD-Pg Security

Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:15:45 -0500
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From: Patrick Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: perl-DBD-Pg on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Moderate: perl-DBD-Pg security update
Issue Date: 2012-07-25
CVE Numbers: CVE-2012-1151

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.

SL5:
 i386
 perl-DBD-Pg-1.49-4.el5_8.i386.rpm
 perl-DBD-Pg-debuginfo-1.49-4.el5_8.i386.rpm
 x86_64
 perl-DBD-Pg-1.49-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
 perl-DBD-Pg-debuginfo-1.49-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
SL6:
 i386
 perl-DBD-Pg-2.15.1-4.el6_3.i686.rpm
 perl-DBD-Pg-debuginfo-2.15.1-4.el6_3.i686.rpm
 x86_64
 perl-DBD-Pg-2.15.1-4.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
 perl-DBD-Pg-debuginfo-2.15.1-4.el6_3.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team