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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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