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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.1.2011.2157
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2157-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4' package(s) announced via the DSA-2157-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4' package(s) announced via the DSA-2157-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that PostgreSQL's intarray contrib module does not properly handle integers with a large number of digits, leading to a server crash and potentially arbitrary code execution.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 8.3.14-0lenny1 of the postgresql-8.3 package.

For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 8.4.7-0squeeze1 of the postgresql-8.4 package.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 8.4.7-1 of the postgresql-8.4 package and version 9.0.3-1 of the postgresql-9.0 package.

The updates also include reliability improvements, for details see the respective changelogs.

We recommend that you upgrade your PostgreSQL packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4' package(s) on Debian 5, Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-4015
BugTraq ID: 46084
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46084
Debian Security Information: DSA-2157 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2157
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053888.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053817.html
HPdes Security Advisory: HPSBMU02781
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT100617
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:021
http://osvdb.org/70740
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0197.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0198.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/43144
http://secunia.com/advisories/43154
http://secunia.com/advisories/43155
http://secunia.com/advisories/43187
http://secunia.com/advisories/43188
http://secunia.com/advisories/43240
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2011:005 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1058-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0262
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0278
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0283
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0287
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0299
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0303
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0349
XForce ISS Database: postgresql-gettoken-buffer-overflow(65060)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65060
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