Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1378-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly checked permissions on functions called by a trigger. An attacker could attach a trigger to a table they owned and possibly escalate privileges. (CVE-2012-0866)
It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly truncated SSL certificate name checks to 32 characters. If a host name was exactly 32 characters, this issue could be exploited by an attacker to spoof the SSL certificate.
This issue affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.10, Ubuntu 11.04 and Ubuntu 11.10. (CVE-2012-0867)
It was discovered that the PostgreSQL pg_dump utility incorrectly filtered line breaks in object names. An attacker could create object names that execute arbitrary SQL commands when a dump script is reloaded.
(CVE-2012-0868)
Affected
postgresql-9.1 on Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-0866, CVE-2012-0867, CVE-2012-0868 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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