RHEL 5 / 6 : perl-DBD-Pg (RHSA-2012:1116)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 60124

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for perl-DBD-Pg.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1116 advisory.

- perl-DBD-Pg: Format string flaws by turning db notices into Perl warnings and by preparing DBD statement (CVE-2012-1151)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL perl-DBD-Pg package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1116.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a382f9e7

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1116

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=801733

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 60124

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1116.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/26/2012

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1151

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-dbd-pg, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1151

BID: 52378

RHSA: 2012:1116