[ MDVSA-2009:176 ] postgresql

[dude67]

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Package : postgresql
Date : September 30, 2009
Affected: Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0
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Problem Description:

The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1, 8.3 before
8.3.8, 8.2 before 8.2.14, 8.1 before 8.1.18, 8.0 before 8.0.22,
and 7.4 before 7.4.26 does not use the appropriate privileges for
the (1) RESET ROLE and (2) RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations,
which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges. NOTE:
this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6600 (CVE-2009-3230).

This update provides a fix for this vulnerability.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cg ... -2009-3230
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