[perl-DBI] Add a security warning about use of RPC::PlClient
Petr Pisar
ppisar at fedoraproject.org
Tue Nov 26 13:45:02 UTC 2013
commit 63844185cea5650895489e8d5a27101fea1d6e9e
Author: Petr Písař <ppisar at redhat.com>
Date: Tue Nov 26 14:33:11 2013 +0100
Add a security warning about use of RPC::PlClient
DBI-1.630-Security-notice-for-Proxy.patch | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
perl-DBI.spec | 8 ++++-
2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/DBI-1.630-Security-notice-for-Proxy.patch b/DBI-1.630-Security-notice-for-Proxy.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f79b352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DBI-1.630-Security-notice-for-Proxy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+From cd8fcbbf402e1d70c9f325f8b0fcd99e02cf14be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Petr=20P=C3=ADsa=C5=99?= <ppisar at redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 12:52:09 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Security notice for Proxy
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+PlRPC is not secure due to Storable. Warn Proxy users about it.
+
+Signed-off-by: Petr Písař <ppisar at redhat.com>
+---
+ lib/DBD/Proxy.pm | 7 +++++++
+ lib/DBI/ProxyServer.pm | 7 +++++++
+ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/lib/DBD/Proxy.pm b/lib/DBD/Proxy.pm
+index 287b2dc..5948255 100644
+--- a/lib/DBD/Proxy.pm
++++ b/lib/DBD/Proxy.pm
+@@ -974,6 +974,13 @@ The workaround is storing the modified local copy back to the server:
+ $dbh->{"csv_tables"} = $tables;
+
+
++=head1 SECURITY WARNING
++
++L<RPC::PlClient> used underneath is not secure due to serializing and
++deserializing data with L<Storable> module. Use the proxy driver only in
++trusted environment.
++
++
+ =head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+ This module is Copyright (c) 1997, 1998
+diff --git a/lib/DBI/ProxyServer.pm b/lib/DBI/ProxyServer.pm
+index 68ad4af..78a0d78 100644
+--- a/lib/DBI/ProxyServer.pm
++++ b/lib/DBI/ProxyServer.pm
+@@ -867,6 +867,13 @@ Don't try to put parameters into the sql-query like this:
+ =back
+
+
++=head1 SECURITY WARNING
++
++L<RPC::PlServer> used underneath is not secure due to serializing and
++deserializing data with L<Storable> module. Use the proxy driver only in
++trusted environment.
++
++
+ =head1 AUTHOR
+
+ Copyright (c) 1997 Jochen Wiedmann
+--
+1.8.3.1
+
diff --git a/perl-DBI.spec b/perl-DBI.spec
index 4e87dcf..a009e9a 100644
--- a/perl-DBI.spec
+++ b/perl-DBI.spec
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@
Name: perl-DBI
Version: 1.630
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
Summary: A database access API for perl
Group: Development/Libraries
License: GPL+ or Artistic
URL: http://dbi.perl.org/
Source0: http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/T/TI/TIMB/DBI-%{version}.tar.gz
+# Add a security warning about use of RPC::PlClient, bug #1030578, CPAN RT#90475
+Patch0: DBI-1.630-Security-notice-for-Proxy.patch
BuildRequires: perl
BuildRequires: perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
BuildRequires: perl(File::Find)
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ database interface independent of the actual database being used.
%prep
%setup -q -n DBI-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
iconv -f iso8859-1 -t utf-8 lib/DBD/Gofer.pm >lib/DBD/Gofer.pm.new &&
mv lib/DBD/Gofer.pm{.new,}
chmod 644 ex/*
@@ -138,6 +141,9 @@ make test
%{_mandir}/man3/*.3*
%changelog
+* Tue Nov 26 2013 Petr Pisar <ppisar at redhat.com> - 1.630-2
+- Add a security warning about use of RPC::PlClient (bug #1030578)
+
* Tue Oct 29 2013 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik at redhat.com> - 1.630-1
- 1.630 bump
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