GLSA 200703-15: PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	03/16/2007
Bugs:	#165482
ID:	200703-15

Synopsis

PostgreSQL contains two vulnerabilities that could result in a Denial of Service or unauthorized access to certain information.

Background

PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database management system.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/postgresql	< 8.0.11	>= 8.0.11	All supported architectures

Description

PostgreSQL does not correctly check the data types of the SQL function arguments under unspecified circumstances nor the format of the provided tables in the query planner.

Impact

A remote authenticated attacker could send specially crafted queries to the server that could result in a server crash and possibly the unauthorized reading of some database content or arbitrary memory.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All PostgreSQL users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "dev-db/postgresql"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-15.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.