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 Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:26 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200607-04 ] PostgreSQL: SQL injection |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: PostgreSQL: SQL injection (GLSA 200607-04)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: July 09, 2006
Updated: June 26, 2007
Bug(s): #134168
ID: 200607-04
Synopsis
A flaw in the multibyte character handling allows execution of arbitrary SQL statements.
Background
PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database management system.
Affected Packages
Package: dev-db/postgresql
Vulnerable: < 8.0.8
Vulnerable: < 7.4.13
Unaffected: >= 8.0.8
Unaffected: = 7.4*
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
PostgreSQL contains a flaw in the string parsing routines that allows certain backslash-escaped characters to be bypassed with some multibyte character encodings. This vulnerability was discovered by Akio Ishida and Yasuo Ohgaki.
Impact
An attacker could execute arbitrary SQL statements on the PostgreSQL server. Be aware that web applications using PostgreSQL as a database back-end might be used to exploit this vulnerability.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All PostgreSQL users should upgrade to the latest version in the respective branch they are using: | Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-db/postgresql |
Note: While a fix exists for the 7.3 branch it doesn't currently work on Gentoo. All 7.3.x users of PostgreSQL should consider updating their installations to the 7.4 (or higher) branch as soon as possible!
References
PostgreSQL technical information
CVE-2006-2313
CVE-2006-2314
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