OpenPKG Security Advisory

Publisher Name:          OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home:          http://openpkg.com/

Advisory Id (public):    OpenPKG-SA-2004.046
Advisory Type:           OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory:      http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document:       http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2004.046
Advisory Published:      2008-11-21 21:48 UTC

Issue Id (internal):     OpenPKG-SI-20041029.01
Issue First Created:     2004-10-29
Issue Last Modified:     2006-11-28
Issue Revision:          06


Subject Name:            PostgreSQL
Subject Summary:         PostgreSQL Database
Subject Home:            http://www.postgresql.org/
Subject Versions:        * <= 7.4.5

Vulnerability Id:        CVE-2004-0977
Vulnerability Scope:     global (not OpenPKG specific)

Attack Feasibility:      run-time
Attack Vector:           local system
Attack Impact:           privilege escalation

Description:
    According to a vendor announcement [0], a vulnerability exists in
    the generation of temporary files in the PostgreSQL RDBMS [1]. The
    issue exists in the "make_oidjoins_check" script creating temporary
    files insecurely and possibly allowing a malicious user to overwrite
    another user's files via a symlink attack.

References:
    [0] http://www.postgresql.org/news/234.html
    [1] http://www.postgresql.org/
    [2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0977
    [3] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source
    [4] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-binary
    [5] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.2/UPD/postgresql-7.4.5-2.2.1.src.rpm
    [6] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.1/UPD/postgresql-7.4.3-2.1.1.src.rpm
    [7] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.2/UPD/
    [8] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.1/UPD/
    [9] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature


Primary Package Name:    postgresql
Primary Package Home:    http://openpkg.org/go/package/postgresql

Affected Distribution:   Affected Branch:  Affected Package:
OpenPKG Community        2.1-SOLID         postgresql-7.4.3-2.1.0
OpenPKG Community        2.2-SOLID         postgresql-7.4.5-2.2.0
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           postgresql-7.4.5-20041028

Corrected Distribution:  Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Community        2.1-SOLID         postgresql-7.4.3-2.1.1
OpenPKG Community        2.2-SOLID         postgresql-7.4.5-2.2.1
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           postgresql-7.4.6-20041028