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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: postgresql92-postgresql security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0221-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0221.html
Issue date: 2014-02-27
CVE Names: CVE-2014-0060 CVE-2014-0061 CVE-2014-0062
CVE-2014-0063 CVE-2014-0064 CVE-2014-0065
CVE-2014-0066
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1. Summary:
Updated postgresql92-postgresql packages that fix multiple security issues
are now available for Red Hat Software Collections 1.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each
vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL 6 Server - x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL 6 Workstation - x86_64
3. Description:
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
(DBMS).
Multiple stack-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the date/time
implementation of PostgreSQL. An authenticated database user could provide
a specially crafted date/time value that, when processed, could cause
PostgreSQL to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the
permissions of the user running PostgreSQL. (CVE-2014-0063)
Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows,
were found in various type input functions in PostgreSQL. An authenticated
database user could possibly use these flaws to crash PostgreSQL or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user
running PostgreSQL. (CVE-2014-0064)
Multiple potential buffer overflow flaws were found in PostgreSQL.
An authenticated database user could possibly use these flaws to crash
PostgreSQL or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of
the user running PostgreSQL. (CVE-2014-0065)
It was found that granting an SQL role to a database user in a PostgreSQL
database without specifying the "ADMIN" option allowed the grantee to
remove other users from their granted role. An authenticated database user
could use this flaw to remove a user from an SQL role which they were
granted access to. (CVE-2014-0060)
A flaw was found in the validator functions provided by PostgreSQL's
procedural languages (PLs). An authenticated database user could possibly
use this flaw to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2014-0061)
A race condition was found in the way the CREATE INDEX command performed
multiple independent lookups of a table that had to be indexed. An
authenticated database user could possibly use this flaw to escalate their
privileges. (CVE-2014-0062)
It was found that the chkpass extension of PostgreSQL did not check the
return value of the crypt() function. An authenticated database user could
possibly use this flaw to crash PostgreSQL via a null pointer dereference.
(CVE-2014-0066)
Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting these
issues. Upstream acknowledges Noah Misch as the original reporter of
CVE-2014-0060 and CVE-2014-0063, Heikki Linnakangas and Noah Misch as the
original reporters of CVE-2014-0064, Peter Eisentraut and Jozef Mlich as
the original reporters of CVE-2014-0065, Andres Freund as the original
reporter of CVE-2014-0061, Robert Haas and Andres Freund as the original
reporters of CVE-2014-0062, and Honza Horak and Bruce Momjian as the
original reporters of CVE-2014-0066.
These updated packages upgrade PostgreSQL to version 9.2.7, which fixes
these issues as well as several non-security issues. Refer to the
PostgreSQL Release Notes for a full list of changes:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-7.html
All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain backported patches to correct these issues. 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/site/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1065219 - CVE-2014-0060 postgresql: SET ROLE without ADMIN OPTION allows adding and removing group members
1065220 - CVE-2014-0061 postgresql: privilege escalation via procedural language validator functions
1065222 - CVE-2014-0062 postgresql: CREATE INDEX race condition possibly leading to privilege escalation
1065226 - CVE-2014-0063 postgresql: stack-based buffer overflow in datetime input/output
1065230 - CVE-2014-0064 postgresql: integer overflows leading to buffer overflows
1065235 - CVE-2014-0065 postgresql: possible buffer overflow flaws
1065236 - CVE-2014-0066 postgresql: NULL pointer dereference
6. Package List:
Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL 6 Server:
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/RHSCL/SRPMS/postgresql92-postgresql-9.2.7-1.1.el6.src.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql92-postgresql-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-contrib-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-devel-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-docs-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-libs-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-plperl-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-plpython-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-server-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-test-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-upgrade-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL 6 Workstation:
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/RHSCL/SRPMS/postgresql92-postgresql-9.2.7-1.1.el6.src.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql92-postgresql-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-contrib-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-devel-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-docs-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-libs-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-plperl-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-plpython-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-server-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-test-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-upgrade-9.2.7-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
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https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0060.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0061.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0062.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0063.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0064.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0065.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0066.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-7.html
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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