Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70443
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2011:1377
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2011:1377. PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS). A signedness issue was found in the way the crypt() function in the PostgreSQL pgcrypto module handled 8-bit characters in passwords when using Blowfish hashing. Up to three characters immediately preceding a non-ASCII character (one with the high bit set) had no effect on the hash result, thus shortening the effective password length. This made brute-force guessing more efficient as several different passwords were hashed to the same value. (CVE-2011-2483) Note: Due to the CVE-2011-2483 fix, after installing this update some users may not be able to log in to applications that store user passwords, hashed with Blowfish using the PostgreSQL crypt() function, in a back-end PostgreSQL database. Unsafe processing can be re-enabled for specific passwords (allowing affected users to log in) by changing their hash prefix to $2x$. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the updated postgresql packages upgrade PostgreSQL to version 8.4.9. Refer to the PostgreSQL Release Notes for a full list of changes: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release.html For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5, the updated postgresql packages contain a backported patch. All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. If the postgresql service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing this update. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1377.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release.html Risk factor : Medium
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2483 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html BugTraq ID: 49241 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49241 Debian Security Information: DSA-2340 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2340 Debian Security Information: DSA-2399 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2399 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:165 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:180 http://freshmeat.net/projects/crypt_blowfish http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1377.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1378.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1423.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2011:035 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00015.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1229-1 XForce ISS Database: php-cryptblowfish-info-disclosure(69319) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69319
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