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Linux Compatible » News » February 2011 » RHSA-2011:0198-01: Moderate: postgresql84 security update

RHSA-2011:0198-01: Moderate: postgresql84 security update

Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 02/04/2011 08:42 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

A postgresql84 security update is available for RHEL 5




=====================================================================
Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Moderate: postgresql84 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0198-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0198.html
Issue date: 2011-02-03
CVE Names: CVE-2010-4015
=====================================================================

1. Summary:

Updated postgresql84 packages that fix one security issue are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
(DBMS).

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)

Red Hat would like to thank Geoff Keating of the Apple Product Security
team for reporting this issue.

These updated postgresql84 packages upgrade PostgreSQL to version 8.4.7.
Refer to the PostgreSQL Release Notes for a full list of changes:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release.html

All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which correct this issue. If the postgresql service is running, it will be
automatically restarted after installing this update.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

664402 - CVE-2010-4015 PostgreSQL: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing certain tokens from SQL query string when intarray module enabled

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql84-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.src.rpm

i386:
postgresql84-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-contrib-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-docs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-python-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-tcl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm

x86_64:
postgresql84-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-contrib-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-docs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-python-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-tcl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):

Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql84-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.src.rpm

i386:
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-plperl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-plpython-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-server-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-test-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm

x86_64:
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-plperl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-plpython-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-server-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-test-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql84-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.src.rpm

i386:
postgresql84-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-contrib-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-docs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-plperl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-plpython-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-python-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-server-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-tcl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-test-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm

ia64:
postgresql84-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-contrib-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-docs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-plperl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-plpython-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-python-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-server-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-tcl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-test-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm

ppc:
postgresql84-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc64.rpm
postgresql84-contrib-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc64.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc64.rpm
postgresql84-docs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc64.rpm
postgresql84-plperl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-plpython-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-python-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-server-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-tcl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-test-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm

s390x:
postgresql84-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-contrib-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-docs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-plperl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-plpython-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-python-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-server-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-tcl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-test-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
postgresql84-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-contrib-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-docs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-plperl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-plpython-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-python-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-server-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-tcl-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-test-8.4.7-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

7. References:

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-4015.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/


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