-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: postgresql and postgresql84 security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:1263-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1263.html Issue date: 2012-09-13 CVE Names: CVE-2012-3488 CVE-2012-3489 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated postgresql84 and postgresql packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 respectively. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 3. Description: PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS). It was found that the optional PostgreSQL xml2 contrib module allowed local files and remote URLs to be read and written to with the privileges of the database server when parsing Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT). An unprivileged database user could use this flaw to read and write to local files (such as the database's configuration files) and remote URLs they would otherwise not have access to by issuing a specially-crafted SQL query. (CVE-2012-3488) It was found that the "xml" data type allowed local files and remote URLs to be read with the privileges of the database server to resolve DTD and entity references in the provided XML. An unprivileged database user could use this flaw to read local files they would otherwise not have access to by issuing a specially-crafted SQL query. Note that the full contents of the files were not returned, but portions could be displayed to the user via error messages. (CVE-2012-3489) Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Peter Eisentraut as the original reporter of CVE-2012-3488, and Noah Misch as the original reporter of CVE-2012-3489. These updated packages upgrade PostgreSQL to version 8.4.13. Refer to the PostgreSQL Release Notes for a list of changes: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-13.html All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. If the postgresql service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing this update. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 849172 - CVE-2012-3488 postgresql (xml2 contrib module): XXE by applying XSL stylesheet to the document 849173 - CVE-2012-3489 postgresql: File disclosure through XXE in xmlparse by DTD validation 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.src.rpm i386: postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm x86_64: postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.src.rpm i386: postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm x86_64: postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.src.rpm i386: postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm ia64: postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm ppc: postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm s390x: postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390.rpm postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390.rpm postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390.rpm postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm x86_64: postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.src.rpm i386: postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm x86_64: postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.src.rpm i386: postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm x86_64: postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.src.rpm x86_64: postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.src.rpm x86_64: postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.src.rpm i386: postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm ppc64: postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc.rpm postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm s390x: postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390.rpm postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm x86_64: postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.src.rpm i386: postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm x86_64: postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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