Red Hat: 2012:1263-01: postgresql and postgresql84: Moderate Advisory
Summary
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
(DBMS).
It was found that the optional PostgreSQL xml2 contrib module allowed local
files and remote URLs to be read and written to with the privileges of the
database server when parsing Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
(XSLT). An unprivileged database user could use this flaw to read and write
to local files (such as the database's configuration files) and remote URLs
they would otherwise not have access to by issuing a specially-crafted SQL
query. (CVE-2012-3488)
It was found that the "xml" data type allowed local files and remote URLs
to be read with the privileges of the database server to resolve DTD and
entity references in the provided XML. An unprivileged database user could
use this flaw to read local files they would otherwise not have access to
by issuing a specially-crafted SQL query. Note that the full contents of
the files were not returned, but portions could be displayed to the user
via error messages. (CVE-2012-3489)
Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting these
issues. Upstream acknowledges Peter Eisentraut as the original reporter of
CVE-2012-3488, and Noah Misch as the original reporter of CVE-2012-3489.
These updated packages upgrade PostgreSQL to version 8.4.13. Refer to the
PostgreSQL Release Notes for a list of changes:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/release-8-4-13.html
All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which correct these issues. If the postgresql service is running, it will
be automatically restarted after installing this update.
Summary
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
References
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-3488.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-3489.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/release-8-4-13.html
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386:
postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386:
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386:
postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
ia64:
postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
ppc:
postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
s390x:
postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql84-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-contrib-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-devel-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-docs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
postgresql84-libs-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-plperl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-plpython-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-python-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-server-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-tcl-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
postgresql84-test-8.4.13-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386:
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386:
postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:
x86_64:
postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source:
x86_64:
postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
i386:
postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
ppc64:
postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc.rpm
postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390.rpm
postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
i386:
postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
Updated postgresql84 and postgresql packages that fix two security issuesare now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 respectively.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
849172 - CVE-2012-3488 postgresql (xml2 contrib module): XXE by applying XSL stylesheet to the document
849173 - CVE-2012-3489 postgresql: File disclosure through XXE in xmlparse by DTD validation