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