USN-753-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• postgresql-8.1 -
• postgresql-8.3 -

Details

It was discovered that PostgreSQL did not properly handle encoding
conversion failures. An attacker could exploit this by sending specially
crafted requests to PostgreSQL, leading to a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 8.10

• postgresql-8.3 - 8.3.7-0ubuntu8.10.1

Ubuntu 8.04

• postgresql-8.3 - 8.3.7-0ubuntu8.04.1

Ubuntu 6.06

• postgresql-8.1 - 8.1.17-0ubuntu0.6.06.1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional
bug fixes. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to
effect the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2009-0922