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Scientific Linux: Moderate Security Update for PostgreSQL on SL5.x, SL6.x

Moderate: postgresql and postgresql84 security update. Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:52:58 -0500 Reply-To: Connie Sieh Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: Connie Sieh Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: postgresql and postgresql84 on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 Comments: To: scientific MIME-Version: 1.0 Synopsis: Moderate: postgresql and postgresql84 security update Issue Date: 2012-09-13 CVE Numbers: CVE-2012-3488 CVE-2012-3489 It was found that the optional PostgreSQL xml2 contrib module allowed local files and remote URLs to be read and written to with the privileges of the database server when parsing Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT). An unprivileged database user could use this flaw to read and write to local files (such as the database's configuration files) and remote URLs they would otherwise not have access to by issuing a specially-crafted SQL query. (CVE-2012-3488) It was found that the "xml" data type allowed local files and remote URLs to be read with the privileges of the database server to resolve DTD and entity references in the provided XML. An unprivileged database user could use this flaw to read local files they would otherwise not have access to by issuing a specially-crafted SQL query. Note that the full contents of the files were not returned, but portions could be displayed to the user via error messages. (CVE-2012-3489) We would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Peter Eisentraut as the original reporter of CVE-2012-3488, and Noah Misch as the original reporter of CVE-2012-3489. These updated packages upgrade PostgreSQL to version 8.4.13. Refer to the PostgreSQL Release Notes for a list of changes: https://https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/release-8-4-13.html If the postgresql service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing this update. SL5 x86_64 postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm i386 postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm SL6 x86_64 postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm i386 postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team . A security update notice regarding moderate enhancements for PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL84 on Scientific Linux addressing severe security flaws has been issued.. Postgresql Security Update, Scientific Linux Security, Database Security Enhancements. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 14, 2012 •Important Scientific Linux