SUSE-SU-2015:1821-1: moderate: Security update for postgresql93

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for postgresql93
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:1821-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #949669 #949670 
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-5288 CVE-2015-5289
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   The PostreSQL database postgresql93 was updated to the bugfix release
   9.3.10:

   Security issues fixed:
   - CVE-2015-5289, bsc#949670: json or jsonb input values constructed from
     arbitrary user input can crash the PostgreSQL server and cause a denial
     of service.
   - CVE-2015-5288, bsc#949669: The crypt() function included with the
     optional pgCrypto extension could be exploited to read a few additional
     bytes of memory. No working exploit for this issue has been developed.

   For the full release notes, see:
   http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-10.html

   Other bugs fixed:
   * Move systemd related stuff and user creation to postgresql-init.
   * Remove some obsolete %suse_version conditionals.
   * Relax dependency on libpq to major version.
   * Fix possible failure to recover from an inconsistent database state. See
     full release notes for details.
   * Fix rare failure to invalidate relation cache init file.
   * Avoid deadlock between incoming sessions and CREATE/DROP DATABASE.
   * Improve planner's cost estimates for semi-joins and anti-joins with
     inner indexscans
   * For the full release notes for 9.3.9 see:
     http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-9.html


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 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-746=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-746=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-746=1

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      postgresql93-devel-9.3.10-11.1
      postgresql93-devel-debuginfo-9.3.10-11.1
      postgresql93-libs-debugsource-9.3.10-11.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      postgresql93-9.3.10-11.1
      postgresql93-contrib-9.3.10-11.1
      postgresql93-contrib-debuginfo-9.3.10-11.1
      postgresql93-debuginfo-9.3.10-11.1
      postgresql93-debugsource-9.3.10-11.1
      postgresql93-libs-debugsource-9.3.10-11.1
      postgresql93-server-9.3.10-11.1
      postgresql93-server-debuginfo-9.3.10-11.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (noarch):

      postgresql93-docs-9.3.10-11.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):

      postgresql93-9.3.10-11.1
      postgresql93-debuginfo-9.3.10-11.1
      postgresql93-debugsource-9.3.10-11.1
      postgresql93-libs-debugsource-9.3.10-11.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5288.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5289.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/949669
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/949670



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