SB2012071902 - Resource management error in PostgreSQL
Published: July 19, 2012 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012071902
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2655)
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform service disruption.
PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.19, 8.4.x before 8.4.12, 9.0.x before 9.0.8, and 9.1.x before 9.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) by adding the (1) SECURITY DEFINER or (2) SET attributes to a procedural language's call handler.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082258.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082292.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082294.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00024.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1037.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50718
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2491
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:092
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1398/