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Gentoo: GLSA-201209-24 Normal: PostgreSQL Remote Attacks

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Calendar Grey September 28, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Numerous security flaws in MySQL could enable remote exploitation; update to the newest release to maintain safety on Fedora.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PostgreSQL which may allow a remote attacker to conduct several attacks.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo remote attack PostgreSQL normal severity database attack

Resolution

All PostgreSQL 9.1 server users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-server-9.1.5"
All PostgreSQL 9.0 server users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-server-9.0.9"
All PostgreSQL 8.4 server users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=dev-db/postgresql-server-8.4.13"
All PostgreSQL 8.3 server users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=dev-db/postgresql-server-8.3.20"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-0866 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0866 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-0867 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0867 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-0868 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0868 [ 4 ] CVE-2012-2143 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2143 [ 5 ] CVE-2012-2655 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2655 [ 6 ] CVE-2012-3488 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3488 [ 7 ] CVE-2012-3489 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3489

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-24
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 28, 2012
Bugs: #406037, #419727, #431766
ID: 201209-24

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo remote attack PostgreSQL normal severity database attack

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PostgreSQL which may allow a remote attacker to conduct several attacks.

Background

PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database management system.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/postgresql-server < 9.1.5 *>= 8.3.20 *>= 8.4.13 *>= 9.0.9 >= 9.1.5

Impact

===== A remote attacker could spoof SSL connections. Furthermore, a remote authenticated attacker could cause a Denial of Service, read and write arbitrary files, inject SQL commands into dump scripts, or bypass database restrictions to execute database functions. A context-dependent attacker could more easily obtain access via authentication attempts with an initial substring of the intended password.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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