Debian Jessie: DSA-3375-2 Critical: PostgreSQL Denial of Service

CVE-2015-5288

Josh Kupershmidt discovered a vulnerability in the crypt() function
in the pgCrypto extension. Certain invalid salt arguments can cause
the server to crash or to disclose a few bytes of server memory.

CVE-2015-5289

Oskari Saarenmaa discovered that json or jsonb input values
constructed from arbitrary user input can crash the PostgreSQL
server and cause a denial of service.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 9.4.5-0+deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 9.4.5-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 9.4.5-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-9.4 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/