openSUSE Security Update: postgresql92: Various security fixes. Update to 9.2.4.
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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
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   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:
   https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/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:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1899.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1900.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1901.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/812525