Updated postgresql packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

Multiple stack-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the date/time implementation of PostgreSQL. An authenticated database user could provide a specially crafted date/time value that, when processed, could cause PostgreSQL to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running PostgreSQL.
(CVE-2014-0063)

Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in various type input functions in PostgreSQL.
An authenticated database user could possibly use these flaws to crash PostgreSQL or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running PostgreSQL. (CVE-2014-0064)

Multiple potential buffer overflow flaws were found in PostgreSQL. An authenticated database user could possibly use these flaws to crash PostgreSQL or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running PostgreSQL. (CVE-2014-0065)

It was found that granting a SQL role to a database user in a PostgreSQL database without specifying the 'ADMIN' option allowed the grantee to remove other users from their granted role. An authenticated database user could use this flaw to remove a user from a SQL role which they were granted access to. (CVE-2014-0060)

A flaw was found in the validator functions provided by PostgreSQL's procedural languages (PLs). An authenticated database user could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2014-0061)

A race condition was found in the way the CREATE INDEX command performed multiple independent lookups of a table that had to be indexed. An authenticated database user could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2014-0062)

It was found that the chkpass extension of PostgreSQL did not check the return value of the crypt() function. An authenticated database user could possibly use this flaw to crash PostgreSQL via a NULL pointer dereference. (CVE-2014-0066)

Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Noah Misch as the original reporter of CVE-2014-0060 and CVE-2014-0063, Heikki Linnakangas and Noah Misch as the original reporters of CVE-2014-0064, Peter Eisentraut and Jozef Mlich as the original reporters of CVE-2014-0065, Andres Freund as the original reporter of CVE-2014-0061, Robert Haas and Andres Freund as the original reporters of CVE-2014-0062, and Honza Horak and Bruce Momjian as the original reporters of CVE-2014-0066.

All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. If the postgresql service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing this update.

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0249 advisory.

    - related #1065840: CVE-2014-0062
    - fix #1065840: CVE-2014-0060, CVE-2014-0061, CVE-2014-0063, CVE-2014-0064,       CVE-2014-0065

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to its self-reported version number, the Puppet Enterprise 3.x install on the remote host is prior to 3.2.0.  As a result, it is reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - An error exists related to the PE consoles and     identity verification that could allow security     bypasses. (CVE-2013-4966)

  - An unspecified error exists related to endpoint nodes     that could allow information disclosure. (CVE-2013-4971)

  - SET ROLE bypasses lack of ADMIN OPTION when granting     roles. (CVE-2014-0060)

  - An error exists in the included Ruby on Rails version     related to the text rendering component of Action View     and handling MIME types that are converted to symbols     that could allow denial of service attacks.
    (CVE-2014-0082)

The PostgreSQL database server was updated to version 9.1.12 to fix various security issues :

  - Granting a role without ADMIN OPTION is supposed to     prevent the grantee from adding or removing members from     the granted role, but this restriction was easily     bypassed by doing SET ROLE first. The security impact is     mostly that a role member can revoke the access of     others, contrary to the wishes of his grantor.
    Unapproved role member additions are a lesser concern,     since an uncooperative role member could provide most of     his rights to others anyway by creating views or     SECURITY DEFINER functions. (CVE-2014-0060)

  - The primary role of PL validator functions is to be     called implicitly during CREATE FUNCTION, but they are     also normal SQL functions that a user can call     explicitly. Calling a validator on a function actually     written in some other language was not checked for and     could be exploited for privilege-escalation purposes.
    The fix involves adding a call to a privilege-checking     function in each validator function. Non-core procedural     languages will also need to make this change to their     own validator functions, if any. (CVE-2014-0061)

  - If the name lookups come to different conclusions due to     concurrent activity, we might perform some parts of the     DDL on a different table than other parts. At least in     the case of CREATE INDEX, this can be used to cause the     permissions checks to be performed against a different     table than the index creation, allowing for a privilege     escalation attack. (CVE-2014-0062)

  - The MAXDATELEN constant was too small for the longest     possible value of type interval, allowing a buffer     overrun in interval_out(). Although the datetime input     functions were more careful about avoiding buffer     overrun, the limit was short enough to cause them to     reject some valid inputs, such as input containing a     very long timezone name. The ecpg library contained     these vulnerabilities along with some of its own.
    (CVE-2014-0063)

  - Several functions, mostly type input functions,     calculated an allocation size without checking for     overflow. If overflow did occur, a too-small buffer     would be allocated and then written past.
    (CVE-2014-0064)

  - Use strlcpy() and related functions to provide a clear     guarantee that fixed-size buffers are not overrun.
    Unlike the preceding items, it is unclear whether these     cases really represent live issues, since in most cases     there appear to be previous constraints on the size of     the input string. Nonetheless it seems prudent to     silence all Coverity warnings of this type.
    (CVE-2014-0065)

  - There are relatively few scenarios in which crypt()     could return NULL, but contrib/chkpass would crash if it     did. One practical case in which this could be an issue     is if libc is configured to refuse to execute unapproved     hashing algorithms (e.g., 'FIPS mode'). (CVE-2014-0066)

  - Since the temporary server started by make check uses     'trust' authentication, another user on the same machine     could connect to it as database superuser, and then     potentially exploit the privileges of the     operating-system user who started the tests. A future     release will probably incorporate changes in the testing     procedure to prevent this risk, but some public     discussion is needed first. So for the moment, just warn     people against using make check when there are untrusted     users on the same machine. (CVE-2014-0067)

The complete list of bugs and more information can be found at:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-12.html

The remote Mac OS X 10.9 host has a version of OS X Server installed that is prior to version 3.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Multiple vulnerabilities exist within the included     PostgreSQL, the more serious of these allow remote code     execution or denial of service. (CVE-2014-0060,     CVE-2014-0061, CVE-2014-0062, CVE-2014-0063,     CVE-2014-0064, CVE-2014-0065, CVE-2014-0066)

  - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists within the     Xcode Server. Using a specially crafted website, a     remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary     code within the server / browser trust relationship.
    (CVE-2014-4406)

  - A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Wiki Server     due to the improper validation of SQL queries. A remote     attacker can exploit this to inject or manipulate SQL     queries on the back-end database. (CVE-2014-4424)

Updated postgresql84 and postgresql packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 respectively.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

Multiple stack-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the date/time implementation of PostgreSQL. An authenticated database user could provide a specially crafted date/time value that, when processed, could cause PostgreSQL to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running PostgreSQL.
(CVE-2014-0063)

Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in various type input functions in PostgreSQL.
An authenticated database user could possibly use these flaws to crash PostgreSQL or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running PostgreSQL. (CVE-2014-0064)

Multiple potential buffer overflow flaws were found in PostgreSQL. An authenticated database user could possibly use these flaws to crash PostgreSQL or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running PostgreSQL. (CVE-2014-0065)

It was found that granting a SQL role to a database user in a PostgreSQL database without specifying the 'ADMIN' option allowed the grantee to remove other users from their granted role. An authenticated database user could use this flaw to remove a user from a SQL role which they were granted access to. (CVE-2014-0060)

A flaw was found in the validator functions provided by PostgreSQL's procedural languages (PLs). An authenticated database user could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2014-0061)

A race condition was found in the way the CREATE INDEX command performed multiple independent lookups of a table that had to be indexed. An authenticated database user could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2014-0062)

It was found that the chkpass extension of PostgreSQL did not check the return value of the crypt() function. An authenticated database user could possibly use this flaw to crash PostgreSQL via a NULL pointer dereference. (CVE-2014-0066)

Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Noah Misch as the original reporter of CVE-2014-0060 and CVE-2014-0063, Heikki Linnakangas and Noah Misch as the original reporters of CVE-2014-0064, Peter Eisentraut and Jozef Mlich as the original reporters of CVE-2014-0065, Andres Freund as the original reporter of CVE-2014-0061, Robert Haas and Andres Freund as the original reporters of CVE-2014-0062, and Honza Horak and Bruce Momjian as the original reporters of CVE-2014-0066.

These updated packages upgrade PostgreSQL to version 8.4.20, which fixes these issues as well as several non-security issues. Refer to the PostgreSQL Release Notes for a full list of changes :

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-19.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-20.html

All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. If the postgresql service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing this update.

The remote Mac OS X host has a version of OS X Server installed that is prior to version 4.0.  It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - There are multiple vulnerabilities within the included     BIND, the most serious of which can lead to a denial of     service. (CVE-2013-3919, CVE-2013-4854, CVE-2014-0591)

  - There are multiple vulnerabilities within the included     LibYAML for the Profile Manager and ServerRuby, the most     serious of which can lead to arbitrary code execution.
    (CVE-2013-4164, CVE-2013-6393)

  - There are multiple vulnerabilities within the included     PostgreSQL, the most serious of which can lead to     arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2014-0060, CVE-2014-0061,     CVE-2014-0062, CVE-2014-0063, CVE-2014-0064,     CVE-2014-0065, CVE-2014-0066)

  - An error exists related to the way SSL 3.0 handles     padding bytes when decrypting messages encrypted using     block ciphers in cipher block chaining (CBC) mode. A     man-in-the-middle attacker can decrypt a selected byte     of a cipher text in as few as 256 tries if they are able     to force a victim application to repeatedly send the     same data over newly created SSL 3.0 connections. This     is also known as the 'POODLE' issue. (CVE-2014-3566)

  - A cross-site scripting flaw exists in the Xcode Server     due to not properly validating input before returning it     to the user. This can allow a remote attacker, using a     specially crafted request, to execute code within the     browser / server trust relationship. (CVE-2014-4406)

  - A SQL injection flaw exists in the Wiki Server due to     not properly sanitizing user input before using it in     SQL queries. This can allow a remote attacker, using a     specially crafted request, to inject or manipulate SQL     queries, thus allowing the manipulation or disclosure     of arbitrary data. (CVE-2014-4424)

  - A restriction bypass flaw exists in the Mail Server due     to SCAL changes being cached and not enforced until the     service had restarted. This can allow an authenticated     remote attacker to bypass those restrictions.
    (CVE-2014-4446)

  - A password disclosure flaw exists in the Profile Manager     due to passwords being potentially saved to a file when     editing or setting up a profile. This can allow a local     attacker to gain access to password information.
    (CVE-2014-4447)

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201408-15 (PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote authenticated attacker may be able to create a Denial of       Service condition, bypass security restrictions, or have other       unspecified impact.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
72805	CentOS 5 : postgresql (CESA-2014:0249)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	3/5/2014	1/4/2021	medium
72809	Oracle Linux 5 : postgresql (ELSA-2014-0249)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	3/5/2014	4/29/2025	critical
73135	Puppet Enterprise 3.x < 3.2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	CGI abuses	3/21/2014	1/19/2021	medium
73268	SuSE 11.3 Security Update : PostgreSQL 9.1 (SAT Patch Number 8970)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/31/2014	1/19/2021	medium
77758	Mac OS X : OS X Server < 3.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	9/19/2014	7/14/2018	high
72694	CentOS 5 / 6 : postgresql / postgresql84 (CESA-2014:0211)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	2/26/2014	1/4/2021	medium
72810	RHEL 5 : postgresql (RHSA-2014:0249)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	3/5/2014	1/14/2021	medium
78601	Mac OS X : OS X Server < 4.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (POODLE)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	10/21/2014	6/23/2023	medium
77459	GLSA-201408-15 : PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	8/30/2014	1/6/2021	high

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