Medium: postgresql8

Issue Overview:

A memory leak error was discovered in the crypt() function of the pgCrypto extension. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this flaw to disclose a limited amount of the server memory. (CVE-2015-5288)

Affected Packages:

postgresql8

Issue Correction:
Run yum update postgresql8 to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    postgresql8-plperl-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql8-test-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql8-plpython-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql8-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql8-libs-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql8-devel-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql8-debuginfo-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql8-contrib-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql8-server-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql8-docs-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.i686  
    postgresql8-pltcl-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    postgresql8-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    postgresql8-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql8-docs-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql8-libs-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql8-devel-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql8-test-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql8-pltcl-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql8-contrib-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql8-server-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql8-plpython-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql8-debuginfo-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.x86_64  
    postgresql8-plperl-8.4.20-4.51.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2015-5288

Mitre: CVE-2015-5288