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Fedora 44 : perl-DBD-Pg (2026-a0b1e8eed5)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 343084

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-a0b1e8eed5 advisory.

 3.21.2 - bug fixes

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 Fix missing closing double-quote in su -c commands in dbdpg_test_setup.pl

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 3.21.0m 3.21.1:
 - New features: non-blocking async COPY FROM support (pg_putcopydata_async, pg_putcopyend_async, pg_flush); new string-buffer system replacing linked lists with arrays (faster)
 - Bug fixes: memory leaks fixed (PQclosePrepared cleanup path, bind_param, statement handles); float quoting fixes (NaN); $sth->rows() returns 0 for no-row updates/deletes; safer NUL checking in
 _dequote_bytea_hex(); allocation fixes in quote_float() / pg_destringify_array()
 - Fix CVE-2026-78183

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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 affected perl-DBD-Pg package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-a0b1e8eed5

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 343084

File Name: fedora_2026-a0b1e8eed5.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/5/2026

Updated: 9/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.19

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-78183

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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:44, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-dbd-pg

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-78183