security advisorymoderateprivilege escalation
Moderate: postgresql security update. Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 09:55:31 -0500 Reply-To: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: Patrick Riehecky Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: postgresql on SL5.x i386/x86_64 Comments: To: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Synopsis: Moderate: postgresql security update Issue Date: 2012-05-21 CVE Numbers: CVE-2012-0866 CVE-2012-0868 PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS). The pg_dump utility inserted object names literally into comments in the SQL script it produces. An unprivileged database user could create an object whose name includes a newline followed by an SQL command. This SQL command might then be executed by a privileged user during later restore of the backup dump, allowing privilege escalation. (CVE-2012-0868) CREATE TRIGGER did not do a permissions check on the trigger function to be called. This could possibly allow an authenticated database user to call a privileged trigger function on data of their choosing. (CVE-2012-0866) All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. If the postgresql service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing this update. SL5: i386 postgresql-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-docs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-pl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-python-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-server-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-test-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm x86_64 postgresql-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-docs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-pl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-python-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-server-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-test-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team . Security patch for PostgreSQL on Scientific Linux mitigates risks of privilege escalation in SL5.x. Upgrade is highly advised.. PostgreSQL Security Update, Scientific Linux Vulnerabilities, PostgreSQL Privilege Escalation, SL5.x Database Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 22, 2012
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