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Mandriva Update for postgresql MDKSA-2007:037-1 (postgresql)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Check for the Version of postgresql
Insight
Insight
Jeff Trout discovered that the PostgreSQL server did not sufficiently check data types of SQL function arguments in some cases. A user could then exploit this to crash the database server or read out arbitrary locations of the server's memory, which could be used to retrieve database contents that the user should not be able to see. Note that a user must be authenticated in order to exploit this (CVE-2007-0555). As well, Jeff Trout also discovered that the query planner did not verify that a table was still compatible with a previously-generated query plan, which could be exploted to read out arbitrary locations of the server's memory by using ALTER COLUMN TYPE during query execution. Again, a user must be authenticated in order to exploit this (CVE-2007-0556). Update: The previous update updated PostgreSQL to upstream versions, including 8.1.7 which contained a bug with typemod data types used with check constraints and expression indexes. This regression has been corrected in the new 8.1.8 version that is being provided.
Affected Software
Affected Software
postgresql on Mandriva Linux 2007.0, Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64
Solution
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.