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CVE-2012-1151 json

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in dbdimp.c in DBD::Pg (aka DBD-Pg or libdbd-pg-perl) module before 2.19.0 for Perl allow remote Pos…

published 2012-09-09 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1185

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in dbdimp.c in DBD::Pg (aka DBD-Pg or libdbd-pg-perl) module before 2.19.0 for Perl allow remote PostgreSQL database servers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via format string specifiers in (1) a crafted database warning to the pg_warn function or (2) a crafted DBD statement to the dbd_st_prepare function.

Patch / fix

  • libdbd-pg-perl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.19.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1151

  • perl-DBD-Pg RHEL 5 1.49-4.el5_8
  • perl-DBD-Pg RHEL 6 2.15.1-4.el6_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1116

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-1151 updated cvss 5.1

perl-DBD-Pg: Format string flaws by turning db notices into Perl warnings and by preparing DBD statement

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) perl-DBD-Pg 1.49-4.el5_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) perl-DBD-Pg 1.49-4.el5_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) perl-DBD-Pg 2.15.1-4.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) perl-DBD-Pg 2.15.1-4.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) perl-DBD-Pg 2.15.1-4.el6_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1116

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

Sources

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