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[DSA668] DSA-668-1 postgresql

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-668-1 postgresql

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

John Heasman and others discovered a bug in the PostgreSQL engine
which would permit any user load an arbitrary local library into it.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 7.2.1-2woody7.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 7.4.7-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql packages.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-668
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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