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ASB-2009.1158 - [Win][UNIX/Linux] PostgreSQL prior to 8.4.2: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: 14 December 2009
References: ESB-2009.1683 ESB-2010.0001 ESB-2010.0057 ESB-2010.0459 ASB-2012.0008 ESB-2012.0636.2

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                         AUSCERT Security Bulletin

                               ASB-2009.1158
         PostgreSQL 8.4.2 has been released correcting a number of
                         security vulnerabilities
                             15 December 2009

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              PostgreSQL prior to 8.4.2
Operating System:     UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
                      Windows
Impact/Access:        Administrator Compromise       -- Remote with User Interaction
                      Provide Misleading Information -- Remote with User Interaction
                      Denial of Service              -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution:           Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:            CVE-2009-4136 CVE-2009-4034 
Member content until: Thursday, January 14 2010

OVERVIEW

        Version 8.4.2 of PostgreSQL has been released correcting a number of
        security vulnerabilities. 


IMPACT

        The vendor lists the following details for the security vulnerabilities
        that have been corrected:
        
        "Protect against indirect security threats caused by index functions 
        changing session-local state (Gurjeet Singh, Tom). This change prevents 
        allegedly-immutable index functions from possibly subverting a 
        superuser's session (CVE-2009-4136)." [1]
        
        "Reject SSL certificates containing an embedded null byte in the common 
        name (CN) field (Magnus). This prevents unintended matching of a 
        certificate to a server or client name during SSL validation 
        (CVE-2009-4034)." [1]  
        
        "Fix crash if a DROP is attempted on an internally-dependent object 
        (Tom)" [1] 


MITIGATION

        The vendor recommends upgrading to the latest version. [1]


REFERENCES

        [1] PostgreSQL 8.4.2 Documentation Appendix E. Release Notes
            http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-4-2.html

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