Debian: DSA-2630-1 Moderate: PostgreSQL 8.4 Denial of Service Risk
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February 20, 2013
Sumit Soni discovered that PostgreSQL,an object-relational SQL database, could be forced to crash when an internal function was called with invalid arguments, resulting in denial o...
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Summary
Sumit Soni discovered that PostgreSQL,an object-relational SQL database,
could be forced to crash when an internal function was called with
invalid arguments, resulting in denial of service.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 8.4.16-0squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 8.4.16-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 8.4.16-1.
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: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: postgresql-8.4
CVE ID: CVE-2013-0255
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