[OpenPKG-SA-2004.046] OpenPKG Security Advisory (postgresql)

From: OpenPKG (openpkg_at_openpkg.org)
Date: 10/29/04

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    OpenPKG Security Advisory The OpenPKG Project
    http://www.openpkg.org/security.html http://www.openpkg.org
    openpkg-security@openpkg.org openpkg@openpkg.org
    OpenPKG-SA-2004.046 29-Oct-2004
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    Package: postgresql
    Vulnerability: insecure temporary file generation
    OpenPKG Specific: no

    Affected Releases: Affected Packages: Corrected Packages:
    OpenPKG CURRENT <= postgresql-7.4.5-20041028 >= postgresql-7.4.6-20041028
    OpenPKG 2.2 <= postgresql-7.4.5-2.2.0 >= postgresql-7.4.5-2.2.1
    OpenPKG 2.1 <= postgresql-7.4.3-2.1.0 >= postgresql-7.4.3-2.1.1

    Dependent Packages: none

    Description:
      According to a vendor announcement [0], a vulnerability exists in
      the generation of temporary files in the PostgreSQL RDBMS [1]. The
      issue exists in the "make_oidjoins_check" script creating temporary
      files insecurely and possibly allowing a malicious user to overwrite
      another user's files via a symlink attack. The Common Vulnerabilities
      and Exposures (CVE) project assigned the id CAN-2004-0977 [2] to the
      problem.

      Please check whether you are affected by running "<prefix>/bin/openpkg
      rpm -q postgresql". If you have the "postgresql" package installed and
      its version is affected (see above), we recommend that you immediately
      upgrade it (see Solution) [3][4].

    Solution:
      Select the updated source RPM appropriate for your OpenPKG release
      [5][6], fetch it from the OpenPKG FTP service [7][8] or a mirror
      location, verify its integrity [9], build a corresponding binary RPM
      from it [3] and update your OpenPKG installation by applying the
      binary RPM [4]. For the most recent release OpenPKG 2.2, perform the
      following operations to permanently fix the security problem (for
      other releases adjust accordingly).

      $ ftp ftp.openpkg.org
      ftp> bin
      ftp> cd release/2.2/UPD
      ftp> get postgresql-7.4.5-2.2.1.src.rpm
      ftp> bye
      $ <prefix>/bin/openpkg rpm -v --checksig postgresql-7.4.5-2.2.1.src.rpm
      $ <prefix>/bin/openpkg rpm --rebuild postgresql-7.4.5-2.2.1.src.rpm
      $ su -
      # <prefix>/bin/openpkg rpm -Fvh <prefix>/RPM/PKG/postgresql-7.4.5-2.2.1.*.rpm
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    References:
      [0] http://www.postgresql.org/news/234.html
      [1] http://www.postgresql.org/
      [2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0977
      [3] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source
      [4] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-binary
      [5] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.2/UPD/postgresql-7.4.5-2.2.1.src.rpm
      [6] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.1/UPD/postgresql-7.4.3-2.1.1.src.rpm
      [7] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.2/UPD/
      [8] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.1/UPD/
      [9] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature
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