Pardus alert 2011-37 (postgresql-doc postgresql-lib postgresql-pl postgresql-server)

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Meltem  <meltem@pardus.org.tr> 
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[Pardus-security]  [PLSA 2011-37] PostgreSQL: Buffer Overflow 
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Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:24:41 +0200
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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2011-37            security@pardus.org.tr
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      Date: 2011-02-14
  Severity: 3
      Type: Remote
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Summary
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A vulnerability has been fixed in PostgreSQL, which can potentially  be 
exploited by malicious people to cause a denial of service (crash)  and 
possibly execute arbitrary code. 


Description
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CVE-2010-4015: 

Buffer overflow in the gettoken function in contrib/intarray/_int_bool.c
in the intarray array module in PostgreSQL 9.0.x  before  9.0.3,  8.4.x 
before 8.4.7, 8.3.x before 8.3.14, and 8.2.x before 8.2.20 allows remote
authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash)  and  possibly 
execute arbitrary code via integers with a large number  of  digits  to 
unspecified functions. 



Affected packages:

  Pardus 2009:
    postgresql-doc, all before 8.3.14-28-11
    postgresql-lib, all before 8.3.14-28-11

    postgresql-pl, all before 8.3.14-28-11

    postgresql-server, all before 8.3.14-28-11



Resolution
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There are update(s) for postgresql-doc, postgresql-lib,  postgresql-pl, 
postgresql-server. You can update them via Package Manager  or  with  a 
single command from console: 

    pisi up postgresql-doc postgresql-lib postgresql-pl postgresql-server

References
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  * http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=16687
  * http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2010-...

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