GLSA 200608-10: pike: SQL injection vulnerability

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Severity:	normal
Title:	pike: SQL injection vulnerability
Date:	08/06/2006
Bugs:	#136065
ID:	200608-10

Synopsis

A flaw in the input handling could lead to the execution of arbitrary SQL statements in the underlying PostgreSQL database.

Background

Pike is a general purpose programming language, able to be used for multiple tasks.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-lang/pike	< 7.6.86	>= 7.6.86	All supported architectures

Description

Some input is not properly sanitised before being used in a SQL statement in the underlying PostgreSQL database.

Impact

A remote attacker could provide malicious input to a pike program, which might result in the execution of arbitrary SQL statements.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All pike users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/pike-7.6.86"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-10.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.