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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702630
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2630-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'postgresql-8.4' package(s) announced via the DSA-2630-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'postgresql-8.4' package(s) announced via the DSA-2630-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Sumit Soni discovered that PostgreSQL, an object-relational SQL database, could be forced to crash when an internal function was called with invalid arguments, resulting in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 8.4.16-0squeeze1.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 8.4.16-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 8.4.16-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-8.4 packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'postgresql-8.4' package(s) on Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0255
BugTraq ID: 57844
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57844
Debian Security Information: DSA-2630 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2630
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098586.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:142
http://osvdb.org/89935
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1475
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1475.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1028092
http://secunia.com/advisories/51923
http://secunia.com/advisories/52819
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0318 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00059.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0319 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00060.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1717-1
XForce ISS Database: postgresql-enumrecv-dos(81917)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81917
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