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openSUSE Leap 42.1/42.2: 2017:1021-1 Important PostgreSQL Fixes

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Calendar Grey April 15, 2017
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Crucial openSUSE Security Patch for postgresql93 tackling significant vulnerabilities and resolutions. Keep your system protected with these enhancements.
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Description

This update for postgresql93 to version 9.3.14 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

- bsc#1029547: postgresql: fails to build with timezone 2017a

For additional non-security issues please refer to

- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/release-9-3-14.html

- https://https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/release-9-3-13.html

- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/release-9-3-12.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 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-472=1

- openSUSE Leap 42.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-472=1

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

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

postgresql93-devel-9.3.14-5.5.1

postgresql93-devel-debuginfo-9.3.14-5.5.1

postgresql93-libs-debugsource-9.3.14-5.5.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (x86_64):

postgresql93-9.3.14-5.5.1

postgresql93-contrib-9.3.14-5.5.1

postgresql93-contrib-debuginfo-9.3.14-5.5.1

postgresql93-debuginfo-9.3.14-5.5.1

postgresql93-debugsource-9.3.14-5.5.1

postgresql93-plperl-9.3.14-5.5.1

postgresql93-plperl-debuginfo-9.3.14-5.5.1

postgresql93-plpython-9.3.14-5.5.1

postgresql93-plpython-debuginfo-9.3.14-5.5.1

postgresql93-pltcl-9.3.14-5.5.1

postgresql93-pltcl-debuginfo-9.3.14-5.5.1

postgresql93-server-9.3.14-5.5.1

postgresql93-server-debuginfo-9.3.14-5.5.1

postgresql93-test-9.3.14-5.5.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (noarch):

postgresql93-docs-9.3.14-5.5.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

postgresql93-9.3.14-8.1

postgresql93-contrib-9.3.14-8.1

postgresql93-contrib-debuginfo-9.3.14-8.1

postgresql93-debuginfo-9.3.14-8.1

postgresql93-debugsource-9.3.14-8.1

postgresql93-devel-9.3.14-8.1

postgresql93-devel-debuginfo-9.3....

Read the Full Advisory

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/1029547

https://bugzilla.suse.com/973660

https://bugzilla.suse.com/993453

https://bugzilla.suse.com/993454

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:1021-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.2 openSUSE Leap 42.1

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