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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bc74daa7 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200801-15"> + <title>PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + PostgreSQL contains multiple vulnerabilities that could result in privilege + escalation or a Denial of Service. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">postgresql</product> + <announced>January 29, 2008</announced> + <revised>January 29, 2008: 01</revised> + <bug>204760</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-db/postgresql" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">8.0.15</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">7.4.19</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">7.3.21</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">8.0.15</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database management + system. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + If using the "expression indexes" feature, PostgreSQL executes index + functions as the superuser during VACUUM and ANALYZE instead of the + table owner, and allows SET ROLE and SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION in the + index functions (CVE-2007-6600). Additionally, several errors involving + regular expressions were found (CVE-2007-4769, CVE-2007-4772, + CVE-2007-6067). Eventually, a privilege escalation vulnerability via + unspecified vectors in the DBLink module was reported (CVE-2007-6601). + This vulnerability is exploitable when local trust or ident + authentication is used, and is due to an incomplete fix of + CVE-2007-3278. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + A remote authenticated attacker could send specially crafted queries + containing complex regular expressions to the server that could result + in a Denial of Service by a server crash (CVE-2007-4769), an infinite + loop (CVE-2007-4772) or a memory exhaustion (CVE-2007-6067). The two + other vulnerabilities can be exploited to gain additional privileges. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround for all these issues at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All PostgreSQL users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "dev-db/postgresql"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3278">CVE-2007-3278</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4769">CVE-2007-4769</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4772">CVE-2007-4772</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6067">CVE-2007-6067</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6600">CVE-2007-6600</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6601">CVE-2007-6601</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:00:08 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:56:13 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:38:13 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |