Issued:
2011-10-17
Updated:
2011-10-17

RHSA-2011:1378 - Moderate: postgresql84 security update

Synopsis

Moderate: postgresql84 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated postgresql84 packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Description

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

A signedness issue was found in the way the crypt() function in the PostgreSQL pgcrypto module handled 8-bit characters in passwords when using Blowfish hashing. Up to three characters immediately preceding a non-ASCII character (one with the high bit set) had no effect on the hash result, thus shortening the effective password length. This made brute-force guessing more efficient as several different passwords were hashed to the same value. (CVE-2011-2483)

Note: Due to the CVE-2011-2483 fix, after installing this update some users may not be able to log in to applications that store user passwords, hashed with Blowfish using the PostgreSQL crypt() function, in a back-end PostgreSQL database. Unsafe processing can be re-enabled for specific passwords (allowing affected users to log in) by changing their hash prefix to "$2x$".

These updated postgresql84 packages upgrade PostgreSQL to version 8.4.9. Refer to the PostgreSQL Release Notes for a full list of changes:

Content from www.postgresql.org is not included.http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release.html

All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. If the postgresql service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing this update.

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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • postgresql84-devel-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • postgresql84-plperl-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • postgresql84-devel-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • postgresql84-python-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • postgresql84-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • postgresql84-libs-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • postgresql84-tcl-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • postgresql84-contrib-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • postgresql84-tcl-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • postgresql84-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm
  • postgresql84-libs-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • postgresql84-docs-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • postgresql84-docs-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • postgresql84-contrib-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • postgresql84-python-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • postgresql84-contrib-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • postgresql84-devel-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • postgresql84-docs-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • postgresql84-server-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • postgresql84-tcl-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • postgresql84-plpython-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • postgresql84-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • postgresql84-tcl-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • postgresql84-server-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • postgresql84-libs-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • postgresql84-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • postgresql84-plperl-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • postgresql84-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.src.rpm
  • postgresql84-python-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • postgresql84-python-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • postgresql84-plperl-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • postgresql84-contrib-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • postgresql84-plpython-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • postgresql84-contrib-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • postgresql84-test-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • postgresql84-devel-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • postgresql84-tcl-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • postgresql84-test-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • postgresql84-docs-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • postgresql84-plperl-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • postgresql84-test-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • postgresql84-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • postgresql84-devel-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • postgresql84-plpython-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • postgresql84-test-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • postgresql84-libs-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm
  • postgresql84-server-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • postgresql84-libs-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • postgresql84-libs-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.s390.rpm
  • postgresql84-devel-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm
  • postgresql84-devel-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.s390.rpm
  • postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • postgresql84-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • postgresql84-plpython-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • postgresql84-test-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • postgresql84-plpython-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • postgresql84-server-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • postgresql84-docs-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • postgresql84-server-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • postgresql84-plperl-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • postgresql84-libs-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • postgresql84-python-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm

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