rPath alert rPSA-2007-0081-1 (postgresql)

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rPSA-2007-0081-1 postgresql postgresql-server
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Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:57:07 -0400
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rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0081-1
Published: 2007-04-24
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Major
Exposure Level Classification:
    Local Deterministic Privilege Escalation
Updated Versions:
    postgresql=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/8.1.9-0.1-1
    postgresql-server=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/8.1.9-0.1-1

References:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2138
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1292

Description:
    Previous versions of the postgresql package have a weakness in
    security definer functions, in which an authenticated but otherwise
    unprivileged SQL user can use temporary objects to execute code
    with the privileges of the security-definer function.