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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 "/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
$ /bin/openpkg rpm -v --checksig postgresql-7.4.5-2.2.1.src.rpm
$ /bin/openpkg rpm --rebuild postgresql-7.4.5-2.2.1.src.rpm
$ su -
# /bin/openpkg rpm -Fvh /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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OpenPGP public key "OpenPKG " (ID 63C4CB9F) of the
OpenPKG project which you can retrieve from http://pgp.openpkg.org and
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