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GLSA-201204-08 : Perl DBD-Pg Module: Arbitrary code execution

🗓️ 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Perl DBD-Pg Module: Format string vulnerabilities in 'pg_warn()' and 'dbd_st_prepare()' function

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201204-08.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(59624);
  script_version("1.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1151");
  script_bugtraq_id(52378);
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201204-08");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-201204-08 : Perl DBD-Pg Module: Arbitrary code execution");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201204-08
(Perl DBD-Pg Module: Arbitrary code execution)

    Format string vulnerabilities have been found in the the 'pg_warn()' and
      'dbd_st_prepare()' functions in dbdimp.c.
  
Impact :

    A remote PostgreSQL server could send specially crafted database
      warnings or DBD statements, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary
      code.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201204-08"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All users of the Perl DBD-Pg module should upgrade to the latest
      version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-perl/DBD-Pg-2.19.0'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:DBD-Pg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/04/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/06/21");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-perl/DBD-Pg", unaffected:make_list("ge 2.19.0"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 2.19.0"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Perl DBD-Pg Module");
}

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