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Security Alert: PostgreSQL Vulnerability CVE-2007-2138 on Scientific Linux

Calendar May 08, 2007 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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Moderate: postgresql security update 
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 17:54:50 -0500
Reply-To: Connie Sieh 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Connie Sieh 
Subject: Security errata for postgresql on SL4 i386,x86_64, SL5 i386
Comments: To: scientific 

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Synopsis: Moderate: postgresql security update
Issue date: 2007-05-08
CVE Names: CVE-2007-2138

Updated postgresql packages that fix several security issues are now
available.

A flaw was found in the way PostgreSQL allows authenticated users to
execute security-definer functions. It was possible for an unprivileged
user to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the security-definer
function. (CVE-2007-2138)

SL4:

 SRPMS:
 	postgresql-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.src.rpm

 i386:
 	postgresql-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-contrib-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-devel-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-docs-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-jdbc-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-libs-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-pl-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-python-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-server-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-tcl-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-test-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm

 x86_64:
 	postgresql-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
 	postgresql-contrib-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
 	postgresql-devel-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
 	postgresql-docs-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
 	postgresql-jdbc-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
 	postgresql-libs-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-libs-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
 	postgresql-pl-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
 	postgresql-python-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
 	postgresql-server-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
 	postgresql-tcl-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm
 	postgresql-test-7.4.17-1.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm

SL5:

 SRPMS:
 	postgresql-8.1.9-1.el5.src.rpm

 i386:
 	postgresql-8.1.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-contrib-8.1.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-devel-8.1.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-docs-8.1.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-libs-8.1.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-pl-8.1.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-python-8.1.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-server-8.1.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-tcl-8.1.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
 	postgresql-test-8.1.9-1.el5.i386.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson