Ubuntu 14.10: USN-2499-1 Critical: PostgreSQL Denial of Service

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February 11, 2015

Several security issues were fixed in PostgreSQL.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in PostgreSQL.

Software Description:

- postgresql-9.4: Object-relational SQL database

- postgresql-9.3: Object-relational SQL database

- postgresql-9.1: Object-relational SQL database

- postgresql-8.4: Object-relational SQL database

Details:

Stephen Frost discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly displayed certain

values in error messages. An authenticated user could gain access to seeing

certain values, contrary to expected permissions. (CVE-2014-8161)

Andres Freund, Peter Geoghegan and Noah Misch discovered that PostgreSQL

incorrectly handled buffers in to_char functions. An authenticated attacker

could possibly use this issue to cause PostgreSQL to crash, resulting in a

denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0241)

It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled memory in the

pgcrypto extension. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue

to cause PostgreSQL to crash, resulting ...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service code execution Ubuntu PostgreSQL

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.10:
  postgresql-9.4                  9.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.10

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  postgresql-9.3                  9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  postgresql-9.1                  9.1.15-0ubuntu0.12.04

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  postgresql-8.4                  8.4.22-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.