[RHSA-2012:1264-01] Moderate: postgresql security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Moderate: postgresql security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:1264-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1264.html

Issue date: 2012-09-13

CVE Names: CVE-2012-3488

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1. Summary:

 

Updated postgresql packages that fix one security issue are now available

for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

 

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate

security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in

the References section.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

 

3. Description:

 

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system

(DBMS).

 

It was found that the optional PostgreSQL xml2 contrib module allowed local

files and remote URLs to be read and written to with the privileges of the

database server when parsing Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations

(XSLT). An unprivileged database user could use this flaw to read and write

to local files (such as the database's configuration files) and remote URLs

they would otherwise not have access to by issuing a specially-crafted SQL

query. (CVE-2012-3488)

 

Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting this

issue. Upstream acknowledges Peter Eisentraut as the original reporter.

 

All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,

which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. If the postgresql

service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing

this update.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata

relevant to your system have been applied.

 

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to

use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

 

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

849172 - CVE-2012-3488 postgresql (xml2 contrib module): XXE by applying XSL stylesheet to the document

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.src.rpm

 

i386:

postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-docs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-python-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-docs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-python-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

 

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.src.rpm

 

i386:

postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-pl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-server-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-test-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-pl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-server-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-test-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.src.rpm

 

i386:

postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-docs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-pl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-python-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-server-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-test-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm

postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm

postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm

postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm

postgresql-docs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm

postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm

postgresql-pl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm

postgresql-python-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm

postgresql-server-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm

postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm

postgresql-test-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ia64.rpm

 

ppc:

postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm

postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc64.rpm

postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm

postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm

postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc64.rpm

postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm

postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc64.rpm

postgresql-docs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm

postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm

postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc64.rpm

postgresql-pl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm

postgresql-python-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm

postgresql-server-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm

postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm

postgresql-test-8.1.23-6.el5_8.ppc.rpm

 

s390x:

postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm

postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm

postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390.rpm

postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm

postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390.rpm

postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm

postgresql-docs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm

postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390.rpm

postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm

postgresql-pl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm

postgresql-python-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm

postgresql-server-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm

postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm

postgresql-test-8.1.23-6.el5_8.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-debuginfo-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-docs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm

postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-pl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-python-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-server-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

postgresql-test-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

 

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and

details on how to verify the signature are available from

https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

 

7. References:

 

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-3488.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc.

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