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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3851-1 (postgresql-9.4 - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

6 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

Several vulnerabilities have been found in the PostgreSQL database system: CVE-2017-7484 Robert Haas discovered that some selectivity estimators did not validate user privileges which could result in information disclosure. CVE-2017-7485 Daniel Gustafsson discovered that the PGREQUIRESSL environment variable did no longer enforce a TLS connection. CVE-2017-7486 Andrew Wheelwright discovered that user mappings were insufficiently restricted.

Affected Software

Affected Software

postgresql-9.4 on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 9.4.12-0+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-9.4 packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)