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MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1983226.LWoPcLhKgQ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: gentoo-announce@gentoo.org Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ GLSA 200505-12 ] PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 12:41:19 +0200 --nextPart1983226.LWoPcLhKgQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200505-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: May 15, 2005 Bugs: #91231 ID: 200505-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== PostgreSQL is vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks and possibly allows unprivileged users to gain administrator rights. Background ========== PostgreSQL is a SQL compliant, open source object-relational database management system. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/postgresql < 8.0.2-r1 *>= 7.4.7-r2 *>= 8.0.1-r3 >= 8.0.2-r1 Description =========== PostgreSQL gives public EXECUTE access to a number of character conversion routines, but doesn't validate the given arguments (CAN-2005-1409). It has also been reported that the contrib/tsearch2 module of PostgreSQL misdeclares the return value of some functions as "internal" (CAN-2005-1410). Impact ====== An attacker could call the character conversion routines with specially setup arguments to crash the backend process of PostgreSQL or to potentially gain administrator rights. A malicious user could also call the misdeclared functions of the contrib/tsearch2 module, resulting in a Denial of Service or other, yet uninvestigated, impacts. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All PostgreSQL users should update to the latest available version and follow the guide at http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.315 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-db/postgresql References ========== [ 1 ] CAN-2005-1409 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2005-1409 [ 2 ] CAN-2005-1410 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2005-1410 [ 3 ] PostgreSQL Announcement http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.315 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-12.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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 --nextPart1983226.LWoPcLhKgQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBChydQzKC5hMHO6rkRAqisAJ9kfJwdz0yv+JOq084D6NfnFooLPwCfU9he DJPRTQqYieCwYL5+sc+7R64= =sQPt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1983226.LWoPcLhKgQ-- ------------------------------ End of this Digest ****************** -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/