| Subject: | Security notice for Proxy |
The proxy driver and server use PlRPC which is not secure due to Storable. Attached patch adds security notice into the documentation.
-- Petr
| Subject: | 0001-Security-notice-for-Proxy.patch |
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From: =?UTF-8?q?Petr=20P=C3=ADsa=C5=99?= <ppisar@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 12:52:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Security notice for Proxy
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PlRPC is not secure due to Storable. Warn Proxy users about it.
Signed-off-by: Petr PÃsaÅ <ppisar@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
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