Debian: DSA-2658-1: postgresql-9.1 security update
Debian: DSA-2658-1: postgresql-9.1 security update
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in PostgreSQL database server. CVE-2013-1899
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2658-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Giuseppe Iuculano April 04, 2013 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : postgresql-9.1 Vulnerability : several Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2013-1899 CVE-2013-1900 CVE-2013-1901 Debian Bug : 704479 Several vulnerabilities were discovered in PostgreSQL database server. CVE-2013-1899 Mitsumasa Kondo and Kyotaro Horiguchi of NTT Open Source Software Center discovered that it was possible for a connection request containing a database name that begins with "-" to be crafted that can damage or destroy files within a server's data directory. Anyone with access to the port the PostgreSQL server listens on can initiate this request. CVE-2013-1900 Random numbers generated by contrib/pgcrypto functions may be easy for another database user to guess. CVE-2013-1901 An unprivileged user could run commands that could interfere with in-progress backups For the stable distribution (squeeze), postgresql-9.1 is not available. DSA-2657-1 has been released for CVE-2013-1900 affecting posgresql-8.4. For the testing distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 9.1.9-0wheezy1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 9.1.9-1. We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-9.1 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.