Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated PostgreSQL packages fix buffer overrun vulnerabilities
Updated PostgreSQL packages are available for Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7, 7.1, and 7.2 where we have backported a number of security fixes. A separate advisory deals with updated PostgreSQL packages for Red Hat Linux 7.3 and 8.0.
describes (6)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2002-1397US | high7.5 | — | ||
Vulnerability in the cash_words() function for PostgreSQL 7.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large negative a… | ||||
| CVE-2002-1398US | medium4.6 | — | ||
Buffer overflow in the date parser for PostgreSQL before 7.2.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long date string, aka a vulne… | ||||
| CVE-2002-1400US | high7.5 | — | ||
Heap-based buffer overflow in the repeat() function for PostgreSQL before 7.2.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing repeat() to generate a large string. | ||||
| CVE-2002-1401US | medium6.5 | — | ||
Buffer overflows in (1) circle_poly, (2) path_encode and (3) path_add (also incorrectly identified as path_addr) for PostgreSQL 7.2.3 and earlier allow attackers to cause a denial… | ||||
| CVE-2002-1402US | medium4.6 | — | ||
Buffer overflows in the (1) TZ and (2) SET TIME ZONE enivronment variables for PostgreSQL 7.2.1 and earlier allow local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbi… | ||||
| CVE-2002-0972US | medium4.6 | — | ||
Buffer overflows in PostgreSQL 7.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the functions (1) lpad or (2) rpad. | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lwn.net/Articles/8445/external
- http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=102978152712430external
- http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=102987306029821external
- http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=postgresql-announce&m=103062536330644external
- http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=postgresql-general&m=102995302604086external
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/288036external
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/288305external
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/288334external
remediations (24)
- FixedRed Hat Linux 6.2
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 6.2
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 6.2
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 6.2
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 6.2
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 6.2
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.0
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.0
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.0
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.0
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.0
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.0
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.1
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.1
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.1
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.1
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.1
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.1
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.2
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.2
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.2
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.2
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.2
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010 - FixedRed Hat Linux 7.2
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that no initdb will be necessary from previous PostgreSQL packages.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:010
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