openSUSE Security Update: postgresql92: Various security fixes. Update to 9.2.4. ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2013:0628-1 Rating: important References: #812525 Cross-References: CVE-2013-1899 CVE-2013-1900 CVE-2013-1901 Affected Products: openSUSE 12.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available. Description: postgresql was updated to version 9.2.4 (bnc#812525): * CVE-2013-1899: Fix insecure parsing of server command-line switches. A connection request containing a database name that begins with "-" could be crafted to damage or destroy files within the server's data directory, even if the request is eventually rejected. * CVE-2013-1900: Reset OpenSSL randomness state in each postmaster child process. This avoids a scenario wherein random numbers generated by "contrib/pgcrypto" functions might be relatively easy for another database user to guess. The risk is only significant when the postmaster is configured with ssl = on but most connections don't use SSL encryption. * CVE-2013-1901: Make REPLICATION privilege checks test current user not authenticated user. An unprivileged database user could exploit this mistake to call pg_start_backup() or pg_stop_backup(), thus possibly interfering with creation of routine backups. * See the release notes for the rest of the changes: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-4.html /usr/share/doc/packages/postgresql92/HISTORY Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 12.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-306 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 12.3 (i586 x86_64): postgresql92-9.2.4-1.4.1 postgresql92-contrib-9.2.4-1.4.1 postgresql92-contrib-debuginfo-9.2.4-1.4.1 postgresql92-debuginfo-9.2.4-1.4.1 postgresql92-debugsource-9.2.4-1.4.1 postgresql92-plperl-9.2.4-1.4.1 postgresql92-plperl-debuginfo-9.2.4-1.4.1 postgresql92-plpython-9.2.4-1.4.1 postgresql92-plpython-debuginfo-9.2.4-1.4.1 postgresql92-pltcl-9.2.4-1.4.1 postgresql92-pltcl-debuginfo-9.2.4-1.4.1 postgresql92-server-9.2.4-1.4.1 postgresql92-server-debuginfo-9.2.4-1.4.1 - openSUSE 12.3 (noarch): postgresql92-docs-9.2.4-1.4.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1899.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1900.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1901.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/812525