=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2772-1
October 16, 2015

postgresql-9.1, postgresql-9.3, postgresql-9.4 vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

PostgreSQL could be made to crash or expose private information if it
handled specially crafted data.

Software Description:
- postgresql-9.4: Object-relational SQL database
- postgresql-9.3: Object-relational SQL database
- postgresql-9.1: Object-relational SQL database

Details:

Josh Kupershmidt discovered the pgCrypto extension could expose
several bytes of server memory if the crypt() function was provided a
too-short salt. An attacker could use this flaw to read private data.
(CVE-2015-5288)

Oskari Saarenmaa discovered that the json and jsonb handlers could exhaust
available stack space. An attacker could use this flaw to perform a denial
of service attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu
15.04. (CVE-2015-5289)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.04:
  postgresql-9.4                  9.4.5-0ubuntu0.15.04

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  postgresql-9.3                  9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  postgresql-9.1                  9.1.19-0ubuntu0.12.04

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart PostgreSQL to
make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2772-1
  CVE-2015-5288, CVE-2015-5289

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-9.4/9.4.5-0ubuntu0.15.04
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-9.3/9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-9.1/9.1.19-0ubuntu0.12.04

Ubuntu 2772-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

October 16, 2015
PostgreSQL could be made to crash or expose private information if ithandled specially crafted data.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.04: postgresql-9.4 9.4.5-0ubuntu0.15.04 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: postgresql-9.3 9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: postgresql-9.1 9.1.19-0ubuntu0.12.04 This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart PostgreSQL to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2772-1

CVE-2015-5288, CVE-2015-5289

Severity
October 16, 2015

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-9.4/9.4.5-0ubuntu0.15.04 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-9.3/9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-9.1/9.1.19-0ubuntu0.12.04

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