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Debian DSA-2173-1 : pam-pgsql - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 52461

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that pam-pgsql, a PAM module to authenticate using a PostgreSQL database, was vulnerable to a buffer overflow in supplied IP-addresses.

Solution

Upgrade the pam-pgsql packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.3-2+lenny1.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.1-4+squeeze1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=603436

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/pam-pgsql

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2173

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 52461

File Name: debian_DSA-2173.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/1/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pam-pgsql, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2011

Reference Information

DSA: 2173