Security update for PostgreSQL

SUSE Security Update: Security update for PostgreSQL
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1336-1
Rating: moderate
References: #700876 #765069 #770193 #776523
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
  • SLE SDK 10 SP4

  • An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    PostgreSQL was updated to the latest stable release 8.1.23,
    fixing various bugs and security issues.

    The following security issues have been fixed:

    * CVE-2012-3488: This update fixes arbitrary read and
    write of files via XSL functionality.
    * CVE-2012-2655: postgresql: denial of service (stack
    exhaustion) via specially-crafted SQL.
    * CVE-2011-2483: crypt_blowfish was mishandling 8 bit
    characters.

    Security Issue references:

    * CVE-2012-3488
    >
    * CVE-2012-3489
    >

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 8.1.23]:
    • postgresql-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64) [New Version: 8.1.23]:
    • postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • postgresql-devel-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • postgresql-docs-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • postgresql-libs-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • postgresql-pl-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • postgresql-server-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64) [New Version: 8.1.23]:
    • postgresql-libs-32bit-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64) [New Version: 8.1.23]:
    • postgresql-libs-x86-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc) [New Version: 8.1.23]:
    • postgresql-libs-64bit-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 8.1.23]:
    • postgresql-devel-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • postgresql-libs-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64) [New Version: 8.1.23]:
    • postgresql-libs-32bit-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 8.1.23]:
    • postgresql-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64) [New Version: 8.1.23]:
    • postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • postgresql-devel-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • postgresql-docs-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • postgresql-pl-8.1.23-0.11.1
    • postgresql-server-8.1.23-0.11.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3488.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3489.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/700876
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/765069
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/770193
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/776523
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=ee84db0d1f4471abd4ab51536636eb1e