Issued:

2012-09-13

Updated:

2012-09-13

RHSA-2012:1264 - Moderate: postgresql security update

Synopsis

Moderate: postgresql security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated postgresql 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).

It was found that the optional PostgreSQL xml2 contrib module allowed local files and remote URLs to be read and written to with the privileges of the database server when parsing Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT). An unprivileged database user could use this flaw to read and write to local files (such as the database's configuration files) and remote URLs they would otherwise not have access to by issuing a specially-crafted SQL query. (CVE-2012-3488)

Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Peter Eisentraut as the original reporter.

All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• postgresql-pl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• postgresql-pl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm
• postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390.rpm
• postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.src.rpm
• postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• postgresql-test-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• postgresql-server-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm
• postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• postgresql-test-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• postgresql-pl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• postgresql-server-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• postgresql-python-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• postgresql-docs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• postgresql-server-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• postgresql-python-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm
• postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• postgresql-test-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• postgresql-docs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm
• postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm
• postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
• postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• postgresql-docs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm
• postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
• postgresql-python-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm
• postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
• postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm
• postgresql-docs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• postgresql-server-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• postgresql-pl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• postgresql-server-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• postgresql-test-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm
• postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• postgresql-test-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
• postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm
• postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390.rpm
• postgresql-python-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• postgresql-docs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390.rpm
• postgresql-pl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• postgresql-python-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 849172

CVEs

• CVE-2012-3488

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Additional information

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