- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 683-1                     security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
February 15th, 2005                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package        : postgresql
Vulnerability  : buffer overflows
Problem-Type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE IDs        : CAN-2005-0245 CAN-2005-0247

Several buffer overflows have been discovered in PL/PgSQL as part of
the PostgreSQL engine which could lead to the execution of arbitrary
code.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 7.2.1-2woody8.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 7.4.7-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql packages.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
- --------------------------------  Source archives:

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  Architecture independent components:

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  Alpha architecture:

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  ARM architecture:

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  Intel IA-32 architecture:

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  HP Precision architecture:

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  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

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  Little endian MIPS architecture:

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  PowerPC architecture:

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  IBM S/390 architecture:

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  Sun Sparc architecture:

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          Size/MD5 checksum:    62682 e0e47123d47f4b7aae4a0e50bf329105


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp:  dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: New postgresql packages fix arbitrary code execution

February 15, 2005
Updated package

Summary


For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 7.4.7-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql packages.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody

Size/MD5 checksum: 966 d4a2c0311749b876f6f8cc22038289e2
Size/MD5 checksum: 120615 530bfcef7b85fe6da221c95fe222c852
Size/MD5 checksum: 9237680 d075e9c49135899645dff57bc58d6233

Architecture independent components:

Size/MD5 checksum: 2069670 1bf4b5b7f2711e4efa36880151fc24bd

Alpha architecture:

...

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