Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59143
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-454-1 (postgresql-8.2)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to postgresql-8.2 announced via advisory USN-454-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: PostgreSQL did not handle the search_path configuration option in a secure way for functions declared as SECURITY DEFINER. Previously, an attacker could override functions and operators used by the security definer function to execute arbitrary SQL commands with the privileges of the user who created the security definer function. The updated version does not search the temporary table schema for functions and operators any more. Similarly, an attacker could put forged tables into the temporary table schema to trick the security definer function into using attacker defined data for processing. This was possible because the temporary schema was always implicitly searched first before all other entries in search_path. The updated version now supports explicit placement of the temporary schema. Please see the HTML documentation or the manual page for CREATE FUNCTION for details and an example how to write security definer functions in a secure way. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: postgresql-8.1 8.1.9-0ubuntu0.6.06 Ubuntu 6.10: postgresql-8.1 8.1.9-0ubuntu0.6.10 Ubuntu 7.04: postgresql-8.2 8.2.4-0ubuntu0.7.04 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-454-1 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 6.0
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-2138 BugTraq ID: 23618 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23618 Debian Security Information: DSA-1309 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1309 Debian Security Information: DSA-1311 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1311 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-12.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:094 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10090 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2007:0336 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0336.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0337.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017974 http://secunia.com/advisories/24989 http://secunia.com/advisories/24999 http://secunia.com/advisories/25005 http://secunia.com/advisories/25019 http://secunia.com/advisories/25037 http://secunia.com/advisories/25058 http://secunia.com/advisories/25184 http://secunia.com/advisories/25238 http://secunia.com/advisories/25334 http://secunia.com/advisories/25717 http://secunia.com/advisories/25720 http://secunia.com/advisories/25725 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102894-1 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0015/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-454-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1497 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1549 XForce ISS Database: postgresql-searchpath-privilege-escalation(33842) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33842
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