Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54312
Category:	Trustix Local Security Checks
Title:	Trustix Security Advisory TSLSA-2005-0015 (postgresql)
Summary:	Trustix Security Advisory TSLSA-2005-0015 (postgresql)
Description:	The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory TSLSA-2005-0015. From the CVE entry: Multiple buffer overflows in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.1 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a large number of variables in a SQL statement being handled by the read_sql_construct function, (2) a large number of INTO variables in a SELECT statement being handled by the make_select_stmt function, (3) a large number of arbitrary variables in a SELECT statement being handled by the make_select_stmt function, and (4) a large number of INTO variables in a FETCH statement being handled by the make_fetch_stmt function, a different set of vulnerabilities than CVE-2005-0245. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0247 to this issue. Solution: Update your system with the packages as indicated in the referenced security advisory. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=TSLSA-2005-0015 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0245 http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-01/msg00216.php http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-01/msg00298.php http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-02/msg00049.php Debian Security Information: DSA-683 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-683 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:040 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-138.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-150.html Bugtraq: 20050210 [USN-79-1] PostgreSQL vulnerabilities (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=110806034116082&w=2 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2005:036 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html BugTraq ID: 12417 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12417 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10175 http://secunia.com/advisories/12948 XForce ISS Database: postgresql-cursor-bo(19188) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/19188 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0247 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-19.xml SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2005:027 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_27_postgresql.html http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9345 XForce ISS Database: postgresql-fetch-makefetchstmt-bo(19378) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/19378 XForce ISS Database: postgresql-makeselectstmt-arbitrary-bo(19377) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/19377 XForce ISS Database: postgresql-makeselectstmt-input-bo(19376) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/19376 XForce ISS Database: postgresql-readsqlconstruct-bo(19375) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/19375
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