Synopsis: Moderate: perl-DBD-Pg security update Issue date: 2009-05-13 CVE Names: CVE-2009-0663 CVE-2009-1341 A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the pg_getline function implementation. If the pg_getline or getline functions read large, untrusted records from a database, it could cause an application using these functions to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2009-0663) Note: After installing this update, pg_getline may return more data than specified by its second argument, as this argument will be ignored. This is consistent with current upstream behavior. Previously, the length limit (the second argument) was not enforced, allowing a buffer overflow. A memory leak flaw was found in the function performing the de-quoting of BYTEA type values acquired from a database. An attacker able to cause an application using perl-DBD-Pg to perform a large number of SQL queries returning BYTEA records, could cause the application to use excessive amounts of memory or, possibly, crash. (CVE-2009-1341) Applications using perl-DBD-Pg must be restarted for the update to take effect. SL 5.x SRPMS: perl-DBD-Pg-1.49-2.el5_3.1.src.rpm i386: perl-DBD-Pg-1.49-2.el5_3.1.i386.rpm x86_64: perl-DBD-Pg-1.49-2.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm -Connie Sieh -Troy Dawson