Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2016.592
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-592-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'postgresql-9.1' package(s) announced via the DLA-592-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'postgresql-9.1' package(s) announced via the DLA-592-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Several vulnerabilities have been found in PostgreSQL, an SQL database system. CVE-2016-5423 Karthikeyan Jambu Rajaraman discovered that nested CASE-WHEN expressions are not properly evaluated, potentially leading to a crash or allowing to disclose portions of server memory. CVE-2016-5424 Nathan Bossart discovered that special characters in database and role names are not properly handled, potentially leading to the execution of commands with superuser privileges, when a superuser executes pg_dumpall or other routine maintenance operations. For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 9.1.23-0+deb7u1. We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-9.1 packages. Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references] Affected Software/OS: 'postgresql-9.1' package(s) on Debian 7. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5423 BugTraq ID: 92433 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433 Debian Security Information: DSA-3646 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1781 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1820 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1821 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2606 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:2425 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5424 BugTraq ID: 92435 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92435
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