Critical: postgresql9

Issue Overview:

Argument injection vulnerability in PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4, 9.1.x before 9.1.9, and 9.0.x before 9.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file corruption), and allows remote authenticated users to modify configuration settings and execute arbitrary code, via a connection request using a database name that begins with a “-” (hyphen).

PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4 and 9.1.x before 9.1.9 does not properly check REPLICATION privileges, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended backup restrictions by calling the (1) pg_start_backup or (2) pg_stop_backup functions.

PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4, 9.1.x before 9.1.9, 9.0.x before 9.0.13, and 8.4.x before 8.4.17, when using OpenSSL, generates insufficiently random numbers, which might allow remote authenticated users to have an unspecified impact via vectors related to the “contrib/pgcrypto functions.”

Affected Packages:

postgresql9

Issue Correction:
Run yum update postgresql9 to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    postgresql9-libs-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql9-plperl-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql9-docs-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql9-contrib-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql9-pltcl-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql9-test-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql9-devel-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql9-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql9-plpython-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql9-upgrade-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql9-debuginfo-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql9-server-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    postgresql9-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    postgresql9-test-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql9-server-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql9-docs-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql9-debuginfo-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql9-pltcl-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql9-upgrade-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql9-devel-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql9-libs-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql9-plperl-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql9-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql9-plpython-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql9-contrib-9.2.4-1.35.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2013-1899, CVE-2013-1900, CVE-2013-1901

Mitre: CVE-2013-1899, CVE-2013-1900, CVE-2013-1901