Debian Security Advisory
DSA-370-1 pam-pgsql -- format string
- Date Reported:
- 08 Aug 2003
- Affected Packages:
- pam-pgsql
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 8379.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2003-0672. - More information:
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Florian Zumbiehl reported a vulnerability in pam-pgsql whereby the username to be used for authentication is used as a format string when writing a log message. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the program requesting PAM authentication.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.5.2-3woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.5.2-7.
We recommend that you update your pam-pgsql package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pam-pgsql/pam-pgsql_0.5.2-3woody1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pam-pgsql/pam-pgsql_0.5.2-3woody1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pam-pgsql/pam-pgsql_0.5.2.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pam-pgsql/pam-pgsql_0.5.2-3woody1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pam-pgsql/libpam-pgsql_0.5.2-3woody1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pam-pgsql/libpam-pgsql_0.5.2-3woody1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pam-pgsql/libpam-pgsql_0.5.2-3woody1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pam-pgsql/libpam-pgsql_0.5.2-3woody1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pam-pgsql/libpam-pgsql_0.5.2-3woody1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pam-pgsql/libpam-pgsql_0.5.2-3woody1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pam-pgsql/libpam-pgsql_0.5.2-3woody1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pam-pgsql/libpam-pgsql_0.5.2-3woody1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pam-pgsql/libpam-pgsql_0.5.2-3woody1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pam-pgsql/libpam-pgsql_0.5.2-3woody1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pam-pgsql/libpam-pgsql_0.5.2-3woody1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.