USN-1717-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 11.10
• Ubuntu 10.04
• Ubuntu 8.04

Packages

• postgresql-8.3 - Object-relational SQL database
• postgresql-8.4 - Object-relational SQL database
• postgresql-9.1 - Object-relational SQL database

Details

Sumit Soni discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled calling a certain
internal function with invalid arguments. An authenticated attacker could
use this issue to cause PostgreSQL to crash, resulting in a denial of
service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.04

• postgresql-8.3 - 8.3.23-0ubuntu8.04

Ubuntu 12.10

• postgresql-9.1 - 9.1.8-0ubuntu12.10

Ubuntu 12.04

• postgresql-9.1 - 9.1.8-0ubuntu12.04

Ubuntu 11.10

• postgresql-9.1 - 9.1.8-0ubuntu11.10

Ubuntu 10.04

• postgresql-8.4 - 8.4.16-0ubuntu10.04

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

• CVE-2013-0255