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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Gentoo Local Security Checks >> [GLSA-200607-04] PostgreSQL: SQL injection Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[GLSA-200607-04] PostgreSQL: SQL injection |
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PostgreSQL: SQL injection Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200607-04 (PostgreSQL: SQL injection) PostgreSQL contains a flaw in the string parsing routines that permits certain backslash-escaped characters to be bypassed with some multibyte character encodings. This vulnerability was discovered by Akio Ishida and Yasuo Ohgaki. Impact A possible hacker could execute arbitrary SQL statements on the PostgreSQL server. Be aware that web applications using PostgreSQL as a database back-end might be used to exploit this vulnerability. Workaround There is no known workaround at this time. References: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/techdocs.50 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2313 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2314 Solution: All PostgreSQL users should upgrade to the latest version in the respective branch they are using: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-db/postgresql Note: While a fix exists for the 7.3 branch it doesn't currently work on Gentoo. All 7.3.x users of PostgreSQL should consider updating their installations to the 7.4 (or higher) branch as soon as possible! Network Security Threat Level: Medium Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: (C) 2006 Michel Arboi |
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