USN-369-1 fixed three minor PostgreSQL 8.1 vulnerabilities for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 6.10.
Original advisory details:
1 November 2006
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
USN-369-1 fixed three minor PostgreSQL 8.1 vulnerabilities for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 6.10.
Original advisory details:
Michael Fuhr discovered an incorrect type check when handling unknown literals. By attempting to coerce such a literal to the ANYARRAY type, a local authenticated attacker could cause a server crash. (CVE-2006-5541)
Josh Drake and Alvaro Herrera reported a crash when using aggregate functions in UPDATE statements. A local authenticated attacker could exploit this to crash the server backend. This update disables this construct, since it is not very well defined and forbidden by the SQL standard. (CVE-2006-5540)
Sergey Koposov discovered a flaw in the duration logging. This could cause a server crash under certain circumstances. (CVE-2006-5542)
Please note that these flaws can usually not be exploited through web and other applications that use a database and are exposed to untrusted input, so these flaws do not pose a threat in usual setups.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
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