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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-12.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-12.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..35b90dcc --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-12.xml @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +<?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="200505-12"> + <title>PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + PostgreSQL is vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks and possibly allows + unprivileged users to gain administrator rights. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">postgresql</product> + <announced>May 15, 2005</announced> + <revised>June 26, 2007: 04</revised> + <bug>91231</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-db/postgresql" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="eq">7.3*</unaffected> + <unaffected range="eq">7.4*</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">8.0.1-r3</unaffected> + <unaffected range="ge">8.0.2-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">7.3.10</vulnerable> + <vulnerable range="lt">7.4.7-r2</vulnerable> + <vulnerable range="lt">8.0.2-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + PostgreSQL is a SQL compliant, open source object-relational database + management system. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + PostgreSQL gives public EXECUTE access to a number of character + conversion routines, but doesn't validate the given arguments + (CAN-2005-1409). It has also been reported that the contrib/tsearch2 + module of PostgreSQL misdeclares the return value of some functions as + "internal" (CAN-2005-1410). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker could call the character conversion routines with specially + setup arguments to crash the backend process of PostgreSQL or to + potentially gain administrator rights. A malicious user could also call + the misdeclared functions of the contrib/tsearch2 module, resulting in + a Denial of Service or other, yet uninvestigated, impacts. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All PostgreSQL users should update to the latest available version and + follow the guide at <uri + link="http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.315">http://www.postgresql.o + rg/about/news.315</uri> + </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=2005-1409">CAN-2005-1409</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2005-1410">CAN-2005-1410</uri> + <uri link="http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.315">PostgreSQL Announcement</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 11 May 2005 15:07:25 +0000"> + DerCorny + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 15 May 2005 09:19:16 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |