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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840921
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1378-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4, postgresql-9.1' package(s) announced via the USN-1378-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4, postgresql-9.1' package(s) announced via the USN-1378-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly checked permissions on
functions called by a trigger. An attacker could attach a trigger to a
table they owned and possibly escalate privileges. (CVE-2012-0866)

It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly truncated SSL certificate
name checks to 32 characters. If a host name was exactly 32 characters,
this issue could be exploited by an attacker to spoof the SSL certificate.
This issue affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.10, Ubuntu 11.04 and
Ubuntu 11.10. (CVE-2012-0867)

It was discovered that the PostgreSQL pg_dump utility incorrectly filtered
line breaks in object names. An attacker could create object names that
execute arbitrary SQL commands when a dump script is reloaded.
(CVE-2012-0868)

Affected Software/OS:
'postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4, postgresql-9.1' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.10, Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 11.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-0866
49272
http://secunia.com/advisories/49272
49273
http://secunia.com/advisories/49273
DSA-2418
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2418
MDVSA-2012:026
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:026
MDVSA-2012:027
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:027
MDVSA-2012:092
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:092
RHSA-2012:0677
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0677.html
RHSA-2012:0678
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0678.html
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1377/
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-18.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-11.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-7.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-3.html
openSUSE-SU-2012:1173
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00060.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-0867
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-0868
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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