Description
DBD::Pg version 3.21.0 for Perl has a heap out-of-bounds write in quote_float.
quote_float() allocates the length of the string + 1, which is the size of the bare numeric symbol plus NULL. But for special literals NaN, Inf, +Inf, -Inf, Infinity, +Infinity, -Infinity it emits the literal surrounded by quotes plus NULL, which is length + 3 bytes. Every recognised literal (case-insensitive) overflows by 2 bytes, a single quote and a NULL.
This can be reached by the $dbh->quote method, for example
$dbh->quote( "Infinity", DBI::SQL_NUMERIC ).
This regression was introduced in 3.21.0 by the quote.c rewrite.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | DBD-Pg | 3.21.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | libdbd-pg-perl | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | libdbd-pg-perl | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | libdbd-pg-perl | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | perl-DBD-Pg | 3.21.2-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:11722-1 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2026:11722-1 perl-DBD-Pg-3.21.2-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 9, 2026
References
- https://github.com/bucardo/dbdpg/security/advisories/GHSA-785p-fw3v-r822 vendor-advisory
- https://metacpan.org/release/TURNSTEP/DBD-Pg-3.21.1/source/Changes release-notes
- https://github.com/bucardo/dbdpg/commit/6d6f47ed2403cda55c82b1bad56e388ba7390065.patch patch
- https://github.com/bucardo/dbdpg/commit/adacf1de872326a465e13f9e4281a674ebcd227e related