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                         AUSCERT Security Bulletin

                               ASB-2010.0126
                   PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities
                                19 May 2010

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              PostgreSQL
Operating System:     UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
                      Windows
Impact/Access:        Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account
                      Increased Privileges            -- Existing Account
Resolution:           Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:            CVE-2010-1447 CVE-2010-1170 CVE-2010-1169
Member content until: Friday, June 18 2010

OVERVIEW

        Two security vulnerabilities have been reported in PostgreSQL 
        versions 8.4, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1, 8.0 and 7.4.


IMPACT

        The vendor has described the issues as follows:
        
        CVE-2010-1169 and CVE-2010-1447
        
        "The PL/perl security fix closes a security hole in PL/perl 
        procedures which could allow privilege escalation on the host 
        system, caused by a flaw in Safe.pm" [1]
        
        CVE-2010-1170
         
        "A second patch prevents PL/tcl's pltcl_modules table from 
        being subverted in order to run arbitrary Tcl scripts. 
        These issues only affect users who have enabled either of 
        these two stored procedure languages." [1]


MITIGATION

        It is recommended to upgrade to versions 8.4.4, 8.3.11, 8.2.17, 
        8.1.21, 8.0.25, or 7.4.29, which are available to download from the
        vendor's website. [2]


REFERENCES

        [1] 2010-05-17 PostgreSQL Security Update
            http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1203

        [2] Downloads
            http://www.postgresql.org/download/

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