GLSA 201209-24: PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	09/28/2012
Bugs:	#406037, #419727, #431766
ID:	201209-24

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PostgreSQL which may allow a remote attacker to conduct several attacks.

Background

PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database management system.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/postgresql-server	< 9.1.5	>= 9.1.5	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could spoof SSL connections. Furthermore, a remote authenticated attacker could cause a Denial of Service, read and write arbitrary files, inject SQL commands into dump scripts, or bypass database restrictions to execute database functions.

A context-dependent attacker could more easily obtain access via authentication attempts with an initial substring of the intended password.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All PostgreSQL 9.1 server users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-server-9.1.5"

All PostgreSQL 9.0 server users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-server-9.0.9"

All PostgreSQL 8.4 server users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-server-8.4.13"

All PostgreSQL 8.3 server users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-server-8.3.20"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-24.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.