The PostgreSQL development team has published updates for all actively supported branches of its open source relational database to fix bugs and close security holes found in the previous releases. . Versions 9.1.3, 9.0.7, 8.4.11 and 8.3.18 correct a problem that prevented permission checks from being performed and a bug that may result in the successful verification of a spoofed SSL certificate. An input sanitisation error that could be used to execute code when loading a pg_dump file has also been fixed. The link for this article located at H Security is no longer available. . Enhancements in PostgreSQL address authorization verifications, forged SSL validation, and data input safety flaws.. PostgreSQL Updates, Database Security, SSL Vulnerability. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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