Debian Security Advisory
DSA-935-1 libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql -- format string vulnerability
- Date Reported:
- 10 Jan 2006
- Affected Packages:
- libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 16153.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3656. - More information:
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iDEFENSE reports that a format string vulnerability in mod_auth_pgsql, a library used to authenticate web users against a PostgreSQL database, could be used to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the httpd user.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.2b1-5sarge0.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed shortly.
We recommend that you upgrade your libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql package.
- Fixed in:
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Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.