Ubuntu Security Notice 2621-1 - Benkocs Norbert Attila discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled authentication timeouts. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the unauthenticated session to crash, possibly leading to a security issue. Noah Misch discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain standard library function return values, possibly leading to security issues. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2621-1
May 25, 2015
postgresql-9.1, postgresql-9.3, postgresql-9.4 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in PostgreSQL.
Software Description:
- postgresql-9.4: Object-relational SQL database
- postgresql-9.3: Object-relational SQL database
- postgresql-9.1: Object-relational SQL database
Details:
Benkocs Norbert Attila discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled
authentication timeouts. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the
unauthenticated session to crash, possibly leading to a security issue.
(CVE-2015-3165)
Noah Misch discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain standard
library function return values, possibly leading to security issues.
(CVE-2015-3166)
Noah Misch discovered that the pgcrypto function could return different
error messages when decrypting using an incorrect key, possibly leading to
a security issue. (CVE-2015-3167)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 15.04:
postgresql-9.4 9.4.2-0ubuntu0.15.04
Ubuntu 14.10:
postgresql-9.4 9.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.10
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
postgresql-9.3 9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
postgresql-9.1 9.1.16-0ubuntu0.12.04
This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2621-1
CVE-2015-3165, CVE-2015-3166, CVE-2015-3167
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-9.4/9.4.2-0ubuntu0.15.04
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-9.4/9.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.10
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-9.3/9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-9.1/9.1.16-0ubuntu0.12.04