Fedora Core 3 : postgresql-7.4.7-3.FC3.1 (2005-157)

high Nessus Plugin ID 19616

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

- Mon Feb 21 2005 Tom Lane <tgl at redhat.com> 7.4.7-3.FC3.1

- Work around selinux <<EOF problem during initdb (bug #149237).

- Repair improper error message in init script when PGVERSION doesn't match.

- Arrange for auto update of version embedded in init script.

- Fix improper call of strerror_r, which leads to junk error messages in libpq.

- Patch additional buffer overruns in plpgsql (CVE-2005-0247)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?dd1f3e3b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19616

File Name: fedora_2005-157.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/12/2005

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-libs, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-pl, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-python, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-tcl, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-test, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2005

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2005-157