Security update for postgresql94

SUSE Security Update: Security update for postgresql94
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0677-1
Rating: important
References: #949669 #949670 #966435 #966436
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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    An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    This update for postgresql94 fixes the following issues:

    - Security and bugfix release 9.4.6:
    * *** IMPORTANT *** Users of version 9.4 will need to reindex any
    jsonb_path_ops indexes they have created, in order to fix a persistent
    issue with missing index entries.
    * Fix infinite loops and buffer-overrun problems in regular expressions
    (CVE-2016-0773, bsc#966436).
    * Fix regular-expression compiler to handle loops of constraint arcs
    (CVE-2007-4772).
    * Prevent certain PL/Java parameters from being set by non-superusers
    (CVE-2016-0766, bsc#966435).
    * Fix many issues in pg_dump with specific object types
    * Prevent over-eager pushdown of HAVING clauses for GROUPING SETS
    * Fix deparsing error with ON CONFLICT ... WHERE clauses
    * Fix tableoid errors for postgres_fdw
    * Prevent floating-point exceptions in pgbench
    * Make \det search Foreign Table names consistently
    * Fix quoting of domain constraint names in pg_dump
    * Prevent putting expanded objects into Const nodes
    * Allow compile of PL/Java on Windows
    * Fix "unresolved symbol" errors in PL/Python execution
    * Allow Python2 and Python3 to be used in the same database
    * Add support for Python 3.5 in PL/Python
    * Fix issue with subdirectory creation during initdb
    * Make pg_ctl report status correctly on Windows
    * Suppress confusing error when using pg_receivexlog with older servers
    * Multiple documentation corrections and additions
    * Fix erroneous hash calculations in gin_extract_jsonb_path()
    - For the full release notse, see:
    http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-6.html

    - Security and bugfix release 9.4.5:
    * CVE-2015-5289, bsc#949670: json or jsonb input values constructed from
    arbitrary user input can crash the PostgreSQL server and cause a
    denial of service.
    * CVE-2015-5288, bsc#949669: The crypt() function included with the
    optional pgCrypto extension could be exploited to read a few
    additional bytes of memory. No working exploit for this issue has been
    developed.
    - For the full release notse, see:
    http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-5.html
    - Relax dependency on libpq to major version.

    Patch Instructions:

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

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp4-postgresql94-12440=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-postgresql94-12440=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp4-postgresql94-12440=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-postgresql94-12440=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • postgresql94-devel-9.4.6-0.14.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libecpg6-9.4.6-0.14.3
      • libpq5-9.4.6-0.14.3
      • postgresql94-9.4.6-0.14.3
      • postgresql94-contrib-9.4.6-0.14.3
      • postgresql94-docs-9.4.6-0.14.3
      • postgresql94-server-9.4.6-0.14.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libpq5-32bit-9.4.6-0.14.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
      • libecpg6-9.4.6-0.14.3
      • libpq5-9.4.6-0.14.3
      • postgresql94-9.4.6-0.14.3
      • postgresql94-docs-9.4.6-0.14.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (x86_64):
      • libpq5-32bit-9.4.6-0.14.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • postgresql94-debuginfo-9.4.6-0.14.3
      • postgresql94-debugsource-9.4.6-0.14.3
      • postgresql94-libs-debuginfo-9.4.6-0.14.3
      • postgresql94-libs-debugsource-9.4.6-0.14.3

    References: