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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : postgresql (MDVSA-2011:021)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51898

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in postgresql :

Buffer overflow in the gettoken function in contrib/intarray/_int_bool.c in the intarray array module in PostgreSQL 9.0.x before 9.0.3, 8.4.x before 8.4.7, 8.3.x before 8.3.14, and 8.2.x before 8.2.20 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via integers with a large number of digits to unspecified functions (CVE-2010-4015).

Packages for 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance Program. Please visit this link to learn more:
http://store.mandriva.com/product_info.php?cPath=149 products_id=490

This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51898

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2011-021.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 2/8/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpq8.3_5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.3-docs, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.3-plperl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.4-plpython, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.4, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.3-server, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ecpg8.3_6, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.3-contrib, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpq8.4_5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.4-pl, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.3-plpgsql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.4-contrib, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.4-docs, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.4-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.3-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.4-plperl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libecpg8.3_6, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.3-plpython, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.4-plpgsql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.3-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ecpg8.4_6, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.3, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.4-server, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64pq8.3_5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libecpg8.4_6, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql8.3-pl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64pq8.4_5, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4015

BID: 46084

MDVSA: 2011:021