openSUSE Security Update: postgresql: security and bugfix update to 9.0.13
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2013:0635-1
Rating:             important
References:         #812525 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-1899 CVE-2013-1900 CVE-2013-1901
                   
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.4
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   An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   Postgresql was updated to version 9.0.13 (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/9.0/release-9-0-13.htm
   l /usr/share/doc/packages/postgresql91/HISTORY


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 11.4:

      zypper in -t patch 2013-59

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

      libecpg6-9.0.13-31.1
      libecpg6-debuginfo-9.0.13-31.1
      libpq5-9.0.13-31.1
      libpq5-debuginfo-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-contrib-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-contrib-debuginfo-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-debuginfo-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-debugsource-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-devel-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-devel-debuginfo-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-libs-debugsource-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-plperl-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-plperl-debuginfo-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-plpython-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-plpython-debuginfo-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-pltcl-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-pltcl-debuginfo-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-server-9.0.13-31.1
      postgresql-server-debuginfo-9.0.13-31.1

   - openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64):

      libpq5-32bit-9.0.13-31.1
      libpq5-debuginfo-32bit-9.0.13-31.1

   - openSUSE 11.4 (noarch):

      postgresql-docs-9.0.13-31.1

   - openSUSE 11.4 (ia64):

      libpq5-debuginfo-x86-9.0.13-31.1
      libpq5-x86-9.0.13-31.1


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