National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-1151
Original release date:09/09/2012
Last revised:04/05/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in dbdimp.c in DBD::Pg (aka DBD-Pg or libdbd-pg-perl) module before 2.19.0 for Perl allow remote PostgreSQL database servers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via format string specifiers in (1) a crafted database warning to the pg_warn function or (2) a crafted DBD statement to the dbd_st_prepare function.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=75642
External Source: MISC
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=801733
External Source: XF
Name: dbdpg-dbdstprepare-format-string(73855)
External Source: XF
Name: dbdpg-pgwarn-format-string(73854)
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120309 Re: CVE Request -- libdbd-pg-perl / perl-DBD-Pg && libyaml-libyaml-perl / perl-YAML-LibYAML: Multiple format string flaws
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120309 CVE Request -- libdbd-pg-perl / perl-DBD-Pg && libyaml-libyaml-perl / perl-YAML-LibYAML: Multiple format string flaws
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2012:112
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-2431
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-201204-08
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48824
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48319
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48307
Type: Advisory
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:1116
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/TURNSTEP/DBD-Pg-2.19.1/Changes
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661536
Technical Details
- Format String Vulnerability (CWE-134)