Debian: DSA-2491-1: postgresql-8.4 security update
Debian: DSA-2491-1: postgresql-8.4 security update
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in PostgreSQL, an SQL database server: CVE-2012-2143
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2491-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Florian Weimer June 09, 2012 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : postgresql-8.4 Vulnerability : several Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2012-2143 CVE-2012-2655 Two vulnerabilities were discovered in PostgreSQL, an SQL database server: CVE-2012-2143 The crypt(text, text) function in the pgcrypto contrib module did not handle certain passwords correctly, ignoring characters after the first character which does not fall into the ASCII range. CVE-2012-2655 SECURITY DEFINER and SET attributes for a call handler of a procedural language could crash the database server. In addition, this update contains reliability and stability fixes from the 8.4.12 upstream release. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 8.4.12-0squeeze1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 8.4.12-1. We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-8.4 packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.