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openSUSE Leap 42.1: 2016:2464-1 Important postgresql94 Issues

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Calendar Grey October 6, 2016
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openSUSE 2016:2464-1 critical: postgresql94 resolves two serious vulnerabilities. Update released for Leap 42.1 users.
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Description

This update for postgresql94 to version 9.4.9 fixes the several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2016-5423: CASE/WHEN with inlining can cause untrusted pointer

dereference (bsc#993454).

- CVE-2016-5424: Fix client programs' handling of special characters in

database and role names (bsc#993453).

This non-security issue was fixed:

- bsc#973660: Added "Requires: timezone" to Service Pack

For additional non-security issues please refer to

- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/release-9-4-9.html

- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/release-9-4-8.html

- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/release-9-4-7.html

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1161=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

libecpg6-9.4.9-7.1

libecpg6-debuginfo-9.4.9-7.1

libpq5-9.4.9-7.1

libpq5-debuginfo-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-contrib-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-contrib-debuginfo-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-debuginfo-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-debugsource-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-devel-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-devel-debuginfo-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-libs-debugsource-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-plperl-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-plperl-debuginfo-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-plpython-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-plpython-debuginfo-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-pltcl-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-pltcl-debuginfo-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-server-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-server-debuginfo-9.4.9-7.1

postgresql94-test-9.4.9-7.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (x86_64):

libecpg6-32bit-9.4.9-7.1

libecpg6-debuginfo-32bit-9.4.9-7.1

libpq5-32bit-9.4.9-7.1

libpq5-debuginfo-32bit-9.4.9-7.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (noarch):

postgresql94-docs-9.4.9-7.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5423.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5424.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/973660

https://bugzilla.suse.com/993453

https://bugzilla.suse.com/993454

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:2464-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.1

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