Scientific Linux 6: CVE-2010-4015 PostgreSQL Moderate DoS Buffer Overflow Advisory

Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 16:22:52 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: postgresql on SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: postgresql security update
Issue date:	2011-02-03
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-4015

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way PostgreSQL
processed certain tokens from an SQL query when the intarray module was
enabled on a particular database. An authenticated database user running
a specially-crafted SQL query could use this flaw to cause a temporary
denial of service (postgres daemon crash) or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the database server. (CVE-2010-4015)

For Scientific Linux 6, the updated postgresql packages upgrade
PostgreSQL to version 8.4.7, which includes a fix for this issue. Refer
to the PostgreSQL Release Notes for a full list of changes:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/release.html

If the postgresql service is running, it will be automatically restarted
after installing this update.

SL 6.x

 SRPMS:
postgresql-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.src.rpm
 i386:
postgresql-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
 x86_64:
postgresql-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.7-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson