-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: postgresql security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0677-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0677.html Issue date: 2012-05-21 CVE Names: CVE-2012-0866 CVE-2012-0868 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated postgresql packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links 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). The pg_dump utility inserted object names literally into comments in the SQL script it produces. An unprivileged database user could create an object whose name includes a newline followed by an SQL command. This SQL command might then be executed by a privileged user during later restore of the backup dump, allowing privilege escalation. (CVE-2012-0868) CREATE TRIGGER did not do a permissions check on the trigger function to be called. This could possibly allow an authenticated database user to call a privileged trigger function on data of their choosing. (CVE-2012-0866) All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 797222 - CVE-2012-0866 postgresql: Absent permission checks on trigger function to be called when creating a trigger 797917 - CVE-2012-0868 postgresql: SQL injection due unsanitized newline characters in object names 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql-8.1.23-4.el5_8.src.rpm i386: postgresql-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-docs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-python-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm x86_64: postgresql-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-docs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-python-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql-8.1.23-4.el5_8.src.rpm i386: postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-pl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-server-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-test-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm x86_64: postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-pl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-server-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-test-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql-8.1.23-4.el5_8.src.rpm i386: postgresql-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-docs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-pl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-python-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-server-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-test-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm ia64: postgresql-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql-docs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql-pl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql-python-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql-server-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql-test-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ia64.rpm ppc: postgresql-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ppc64.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ppc64.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ppc64.rpm postgresql-docs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ppc64.rpm postgresql-pl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql-python-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql-server-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql-test-8.1.23-4.el5_8.ppc.rpm s390x: postgresql-8.1.23-4.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-4.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.s390.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-4.el5_8.s390.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-4.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql-docs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.s390.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql-pl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql-python-8.1.23-4.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql-server-8.1.23-4.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql-test-8.1.23-4.el5_8.s390x.rpm x86_64: postgresql-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-docs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-pl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-python-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-server-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-test-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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