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Debian 7 Wheezy: DLA-1051-1 Moderate: PostgreSQL 9.1 Authentication Issues

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Calendar Grey August 10, 2017
Scroller Debian Lts
Enhance PostgreSQL 9.1 owing to numerous severe security flaws which encompass information exposure and login vulnerabilities.
Several vulnerabilities have been found in the PostgreSQL database system: CVE-2017-7486
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Topics Covered

security advisory Debian PostgreSQL authentication issues user mapping

Summary

Andrew Wheelwright discovered that user mappings were insufficiently
restricted.

CVE-2017-7546

In some authentication methods empty passwords were accepted.

CVE-2017-7547

User mappings could leak data to unprivileged users.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
9.1.24lts2-0+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-9.1 packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


<pre><font face="Courier">Package: postgresql-9.1
Version: 9.1.24-0+deb7u1
CVE ID: CVE-2017-7486 CVE-2017-7546 CVE-2017-7547
Debian Bug:

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security advisory Debian PostgreSQL authentication issues user mapping

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