Oval Definition:	oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20080038
Revision Date: 2008-01-28 Version: 640 Title: RHSA-2008:0038: postgresql security update (Moderate) Description: PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS). The postgresql packages include the client programs and libraries needed to access a PostgreSQL DBMS server. Will Drewry discovered multiple flaws in PostgreSQL's regular expression engine. An authenticated attacker could use these flaws to cause a denial of service by causing the PostgreSQL server to crash, enter an infinite loop, or use extensive CPU and memory resources while processing queries containing specially crafted regular expressions. Applications that accept regular expressions from untrusted sources may expose this problem to unauthorized attackers. (CVE-2007-4769, CVE-2007-4772, CVE-2007-6067) A privilege escalation flaw was discovered in PostgreSQL. An authenticated attacker could create an index function that would be executed with administrator privileges during database maintenance tasks, such as database vacuuming. (CVE-2007-6600) A privilege escalation flaw was discovered in PostgreSQL's Database Link library (dblink). An authenticated attacker could use dblink to possibly escalate privileges on systems with "trust" or "ident" authentication configured. Please note that dblink functionality is not enabled by default, and can only by enabled by a database administrator on systems with the postgresql-contrib package installed. (CVE-2007-3278, CVE-2007-6601) All postgresql users should upgrade to these updated packages, which include PostgreSQL 7.4.19 and 8.1.11, and resolve these issues. Family: unix Class: patch Status: Reference(s): CVE-2007-3278 CVE-2007-4769 CVE-2007-4772 CVE-2007-6067 CVE-2007-6600 CVE-2007-6601 RHSA-2008:0038 RHSA-2008:0038-01 RHSA-2008:0038-01 Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Product(s): Definition Synopsis Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed OR Package Information Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is installed AND postgresql is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-contrib is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-contrib is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-devel is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-docs is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-docs is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-jdbc is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-jdbc is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-libs is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-libs is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-pl is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-pl is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-python is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-python is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-server is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-server is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-tcl is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-tcl is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-test is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-test is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key OR Package Information Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed AND postgresql is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-contrib is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-contrib is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-devel is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-docs is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-docs is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-libs is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-libs is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-pl is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-pl is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-python is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-python is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-server is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-server is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-tcl is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-tcl is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key postgresql-test is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-test is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key Definition Synopsis Release Information Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is installed AND postgresql is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql is signed with Red Hat master key postgresql-contrib is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-contrib is signed with Red Hat master key postgresql-devel is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-devel is signed with Red Hat master key postgresql-docs is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-docs is signed with Red Hat master key postgresql-jdbc is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-jdbc is signed with Red Hat master key postgresql-libs is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-libs is signed with Red Hat master key postgresql-pl is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-pl is signed with Red Hat master key postgresql-python is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-python is signed with Red Hat master key postgresql-server is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-server is signed with Red Hat master key postgresql-tcl is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-tcl is signed with Red Hat master key postgresql-test is earlier than 0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 AND postgresql-test is signed with Red Hat master key OR Package Information Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed AND postgresql is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key postgresql-contrib is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-contrib is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key postgresql-devel is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key postgresql-docs is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-docs is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key postgresql-libs is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-libs is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key postgresql-pl is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-pl is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key postgresql-python is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-python is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key postgresql-server is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-server is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key postgresql-tcl is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-tcl is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key postgresql-test is earlier than 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 AND postgresql-test is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
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