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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702658
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2658-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'postgresql-9.1' package(s) announced via the DSA-2658-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'postgresql-9.1' package(s) announced via the DSA-2658-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in PostgreSQL database server.

CVE-2013-1899

Mitsumasa Kondo and Kyotaro Horiguchi of NTT Open Source Software Center discovered that it was possible for a connection request containing a database name that begins with - to be crafted that can damage or destroy files within a server's data directory. Anyone with access to the port the PostgreSQL server listens on can initiate this request.

CVE-2013-1900

Random numbers generated by contrib/pgcrypto functions may be easy for another database user to guess.

CVE-2013-1901

An unprivileged user could run commands that could interfere with in-progress backups.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), postgresql-9.1 is not available. DSA-2657-1 has been released for CVE-2013-1900 affecting posgresql-8.4.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 9.1.9-0wheezy1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 9.1.9-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-9.1 packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'postgresql-9.1' package(s) on Debian 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
8.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-1899
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00004.html
Debian Security Information: DSA-2658 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2658
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101519.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102806.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:142
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:0633 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00011.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0627 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00007.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0628 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00008.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0635 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00012.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1789-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-1900
Debian Security Information: DSA-2657 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2657
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1475
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1475.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-1901
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG

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