SUSE-SU-2013:0517-1: moderate: Security update for PostgreSQL

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for PostgreSQL
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:0517-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #802679 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-0255
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. It
   includes two new package versions.

Description:


   PostgreSQL has been updated to version 9.1.8 which fixes
   various bugs and  one security issue.

   The security issue fixed in this release, CVE-2013-0255,
   allowed a  previously authenticated user to crash the
   server by calling an internal  function with invalid
   arguments. This issue was discovered by the  independent
   security researcher Sumit Soni this week and reported via
   Secunia SVCRP, and we are grateful for their efforts in
   making PostgreSQL  more secure.

   More information can be found at

   http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1446/
   <http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1446/>

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2013-0255
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0255
   >


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-libecpg6-7342

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libecpg6-7342 slessp2-postgresql-7340

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libecpg6-7342 slessp2-postgresql-7340

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libecpg6-7342 sledsp2-postgresql-7340

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.1.8]:

      postgresql91-devel-9.1.8-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 8.3.23 and 9.1.8]:

      libecpg6-9.1.8-0.5.1
      libpq5-9.1.8-0.5.1
      postgresql-8.3.23-0.4.1
      postgresql-contrib-8.3.23-0.4.1
      postgresql-docs-8.3.23-0.4.1
      postgresql-server-8.3.23-0.4.1
      postgresql91-9.1.8-0.5.1
      postgresql91-contrib-9.1.8-0.5.1
      postgresql91-docs-9.1.8-0.5.1
      postgresql91-server-9.1.8-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64) [New Version: 9.1.8]:

      libpq5-32bit-9.1.8-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 8.3.23 and 9.1.8]:

      libecpg6-9.1.8-0.5.1
      libpq5-9.1.8-0.5.1
      postgresql-8.3.23-0.4.1
      postgresql-contrib-8.3.23-0.4.1
      postgresql-docs-8.3.23-0.4.1
      postgresql-server-8.3.23-0.4.1
      postgresql91-9.1.8-0.5.1
      postgresql91-contrib-9.1.8-0.5.1
      postgresql91-docs-9.1.8-0.5.1
      postgresql91-server-9.1.8-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.1.8]:

      libpq5-32bit-9.1.8-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64) [New Version: 9.1.8]:

      libpq5-x86-9.1.8-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 8.3.23 and 9.1.8]:

      libecpg6-9.1.8-0.5.1
      libpq5-9.1.8-0.5.1
      postgresql-8.3.23-0.4.1
      postgresql91-9.1.8-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 9.1.8]:

      libpq5-32bit-9.1.8-0.5.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0255.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/802679
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c3212d7df41878fb9f2807cfcf4855ee
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=cd006fe2067b8aff8ca70a034368785a