Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for postgresql. This fixes multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated privileges and cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and to conduct spoofing attacks.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for postgresql
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37854
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37854/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for postgresql. This fixes multiple
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious users to gain
escalated privileges and cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and by
malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and to
conduct spoofing attacks.
For more information:
SA36660
SA37663
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update postgresql").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2009-13363:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01035.html
FEDORA-2009-13381:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01056.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA36660:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36660/
SA37663:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37663/
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