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USN-6-1: postgresql contributed script vulnerability

27 October 2004

postgresql contributed script vulnerability

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Details

Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered a vulnerability in the
postgresql-contrib package. The script "make_oidjoins_check" created
temporary files in an insecure way, which allowed a symlink attack to
create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user
invoking the script.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 4.10
  • postgresql-contrib -

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References