Many thanks for the notice Jonathan. I hadn't heard about it. I've patched the source and will make a release soon as I was preparing one anyway.
For anyone worried about this it's very much "urgency=low", to quote their own changelog. But still, gott'a keep a clean slate... Tim. On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 09:59:11AM -0800, Jonathan Leffler wrote: > I saw this on the Full Disclosure mailing list - and don't recall seeing > anything about it in the DBI mailing lists. I'm not sure whether there's > anything much more to do about it than note that it happened... > > (Should I have sent it to [email protected] instead?) > > > Message: 16 > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:45:27 +0100 > From: Martin Pitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Full-Disclosure] [USN-70-1] Perl DBI module vulnerability > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > =========================================================== > Ubuntu Security Notice USN-70-1 January 25, > 2005 > libdbi-perl vulnerabilities > CAN-2005-0077 > =========================================================== > > A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: > > Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) > > The following packages are affected: > > libdbi-perl > > The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to > version 1.42-3ubuntu0.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is > sufficient to effect the necessary changes. > > Details follow: > > Javier Fern�ndez-Sanguino Pe�a from the Debian Security Audit Project > discovered that the module DBI::ProxyServer in Perl's DBI library > created a PID file in an insecure manner. This could allow a symbolic > link attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges > of the user invoking a program using this module (like 'dbiproxy'). > > Now the module does not create a such a PID file by default. > > Source archives: > > > http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdbi-perl/libdbi-perl_1.42-3ubuntu0.1.diff.gz > > Size/MD5: 13840 0ea63225d70126bd2492516466a2209d > > http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdbi-perl/libdbi-perl_1.42-3ubuntu0.1.dsc > > Size/MD5: 608 f6a5286d0a38572cd3ff944669ecf457 > > http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdbi-perl/libdbi-perl_1.42.orig.tar.gz > > Size/MD5: 348167 ca8c8a1a4797d98121b41c1d0a5b3b7c > > amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon) > > > http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdbi-perl/libdbi-perl_1.42-3ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb > > Size/MD5: 575324 487ed69858f7a4d6b0bc4810ea9b99ec > > i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD) > > > http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdbi-perl/libdbi-perl_1.42-3ubuntu0.1_i386.deb > > Size/MD5: 573900 eb99ce7af5c6c89bdc969210107807ae > > powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5) > > > http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdbi-perl/libdbi-perl_1.42-3ubuntu0.1_powerpc.deb > > Size/MD5: 577426 58c6f55a93ba0081a0737d16449a0dc8 > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 189 bytes > Desc: Digital signature > Url : > http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20050125/1bf8e242/attachment-0001.bin > > > ----------------------------- > > > -- > Jonathan Leffler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > STSM, Informix Database Engineering, IBM Information Management Division > 4100 Bohannon Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025 > Tel: +1 650-926-6921 Tie-Line: 630-6921 > "I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it!" >
