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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200607-04 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: PostgreSQL: SQL injection |
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Date: July 09, 2006 |
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Bugs: #134168 |
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ID: 200607-04 |
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Synopsis |
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A flaw in the multibyte character handling allows execution of |
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arbitrary SQL statements. |
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Background |
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PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database management |
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system. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-db/postgresql < 8.0.8 >= 8.0.8 |
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*>= 7.4.13 |
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Description |
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PostgreSQL contains a flaw in the string parsing routines that allows |
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certain backslash-escaped characters to be bypassed with some multibyte |
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character encodings. This vulnerability was discovered by Akio Ishida |
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and Yasuo Ohgaki. |
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Impact |
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An attacker could execute arbitrary SQL statements on the PostgreSQL |
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server. Be aware that web applications using PostgreSQL as a database |
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back-end might be used to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All PostgreSQL users should upgrade to the latest version in the |
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respective branch they are using: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-db/postgresql |
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Note: While a fix exists for the 7.3 branch it doesn't currently work |
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on Gentoo. All 7.3.x users of PostgreSQL should consider updating their |
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installations to the 7.4 (or higher) branch as soon as possible! |
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References |
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[ 1 ] PostgreSQL technical information |
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http://www.postgresql.org/docs/techdocs.50 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2006-2313 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2313 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2006-2314 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2314 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-04.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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