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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201204-08">
+ <title>Perl DBD-Pg Module: Arbitrary code execution</title>
+ <synopsis>Two format string vulnerabilities have been found in the Perl
+ DBD-Pg module, allowing a remote PostgreSQL servers to execute arbitrary
+ code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">DBD-Pg</product>
+ <announced>2012-04-17</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2012-04-17</revised>
+ <bug>407549</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-perl/DBD-Pg" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.19.0</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.19.0</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>DBD-Pg is a PostgreSQL interface module for Perl.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>Format string vulnerabilities have been found in the the "pg_warn()" and
+ "dbd_st_prepare()" functions in dbdimp.c.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote PostgreSQL server could send specially crafted database
+ warnings or DBD statements, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary
+ code.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All users of the Perl DBD-Pg module should upgrade to the latest
+ version:
+ </p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-perl/DBD-Pg-2.19.0"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1151">CVE-2012-1151</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata timestamp="2012-03-17T19:18:38Z" tag="requester">ackle</metadata>
+ <metadata timestamp="2012-04-17T22:44:31Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
+</glsa>