postgresql-9.1, postgresql-9.3, postgresql-9.4 vulnerabilities

25 May 2015

postgresql-9.1, postgresql-9.3, postgresql-9.4 vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 15.04
• Ubuntu 14.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in PostgreSQL.

Software Description

• postgresql-9.4 - Object-relational SQL database
• postgresql-9.3 - Object-relational SQL database
• postgresql-9.1 - Object-relational SQL database

Details

Benkocs Norbert Attila discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled authentication timeouts. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the unauthenticated session to crash, possibly leading to a security issue. (CVE-2015-3165)

Noah Misch discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain standard library function return values, possibly leading to security issues. (CVE-2015-3166)

Noah Misch discovered that the pgcrypto function could return different error messages when decrypting using an incorrect key, possibly leading to a security issue. (CVE-2015-3167)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 15.04

postgresql-9.4 - 9.4.2-0ubuntu0.15.04

Ubuntu 14.10

postgresql-9.4 - 9.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.10

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

postgresql-9.3 - 9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

postgresql-9.1 - 9.1.16-0ubuntu0.12.04

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2015-3165
• CVE-2015-3166
• CVE-2015-3167