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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3851-1 (postgresql-9.4 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
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.