[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: postgresql-9.1.4-1.fc17

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-8924
2012-06-07 01:36:26
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Name        : postgresql
Product     : Fedora 17
Version     : 9.1.4
Release     : 1.fc17
URL         : http://www.postgresql.org/
Summary     : PostgreSQL client programs
Description :
PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS).
The base postgresql package contains the client programs that you'll need to
access a PostgreSQL DBMS server, as well as HTML documentation for the whole
system.  These client programs can be located on the same machine as the
PostgreSQL server, or on a remote machine that accesses a PostgreSQL server
over a network connection.  The PostgreSQL server can be found in the
postgresql-server sub-package.

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Update Information:

Upstream bug fix + security updates, including the fixes for CVE-2012-2143, CVE-2012-2655
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Jun  4 2012 Tom Lane <tgl at redhat.com> 9.1.4-1
- Update to PostgreSQL 9.1.4, for various fixes described at
  http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-4.html
  including the fixes for CVE-2012-2143, CVE-2012-2655
Resolves: #826606
- Update previous version (embedded in postgresql-upgrade) to 9.0.8
  because fix in whole-row variable dumping could be needed for upgrades
- Revert fix for bug #800416, per fedora-packaging discussion at
  http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/packaging/2012-April/008314.html
  "service postgresql initdb" is dead and will stay that way
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #826606 - CVE-2012-2143 CVE-2012-2655 postgresql: various flaws [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826606
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update postgresql' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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