DSA-935-1 libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql -- format string vulnerability

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:

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:

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

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.