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title: "CVE-2009-0663\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-0663

Publication date 30 April 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DBD::Pg (aka DBD-Pg or libdbd-pg-perl)
module 1.49 for Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to execute
arbitrary code via unspecified input to an application that uses the
getline and pg\_getline functions to read database rows.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libdbd-pg-perl | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-0663?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| libdbd-pg-perl | * Vendor:   <https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0479.html> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0663)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0663)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-0663)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0663)

### Other references

* <http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1780>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0663>
