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.