<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200502-19"> <title>PostgreSQL: Buffer overflows in PL/PgSQL parser</title> <synopsis> PostgreSQL is vulnerable to several buffer overflows in the PL/PgSQL parser leading to execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">postgresql</product> <announced>2005-02-14</announced> <revised count="04">2007-06-26</revised> <bug>81350</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-db/postgresql" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="eq">7.3*</unaffected> <unaffected range="eq">7.4*</unaffected> <unaffected range="ge">8.0.1-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">7.3.9-r1</vulnerable> <vulnerable range="lt">7.4.13</vulnerable> <vulnerable range="lt">8.0.1-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> PostgreSQL is a SQL compliant, open source object-relational database management system. </p> </background> <description> <p> PostgreSQL is vulnerable to several buffer overflows in the PL/PgSQL parser. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p> A remote attacker could send a malicious query resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running PostgreSQL. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All PostgreSQL users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-db/postgresql</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0247">CAN-2005-0247</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-02-11T15:37:29Z"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-02-11T20:39:12Z"> jaervosz </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-02-14T20:03:42Z"> koon </metadata> </glsa>