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HistoryMar 07, 2016 - 6:12 p.m.

Security update for postgresql94 (important)

2016-03-0718:12:35
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postgresql 9.4.6
security update
jsonb_path_ops
regex problems
pl/java security
pg_dump
having clause
pgbench
foreign table
documentation
gin_extract_jsonb_path

EPSS

0.211

Percentile

96.6%

This update for postgresql94 fixes the following issues:

  • Security and bugfix release 9.4.6:

    • *** IMPORTANT*** Users of version 9.4 will need to reindex any
      jsonb_path_ops indexes they have created, in order to fix a persistent
      issue with missing index entries.
    • Fix infinite loops and buffer-overrun problems in regular expressions
      (CVE-2016-0773, bsc#966436).
    • Fix regular-expression compiler to handle loops of constraint arcs
      (CVE-2007-4772).
    • Prevent certain PL/Java parameters from being set by non-superusers
      (CVE-2016-0766, bsc#966435).
    • Fix many issues in pg_dump with specific object types
    • Prevent over-eager pushdown of HAVING clauses for GROUPING SETS
    • Fix deparsing error with ON CONFLICT … WHERE clauses
    • Fix tableoid errors for postgres_fdw
    • Prevent floating-point exceptions in pgbench
    • Make \det search Foreign Table names consistently
    • Fix quoting of domain constraint names in pg_dump
    • Prevent putting expanded objects into Const nodes
    • Allow compile of PL/Java on Windows
    • Fix "unresolved symbol" errors in PL/Python execution
    • Allow Python2 and Python3 to be used in the same database
    • Add support for Python 3.5 in PL/Python
    • Fix issue with subdirectory creation during initdb
    • Make pg_ctl report status correctly on Windows
    • Suppress confusing error when using pg_receivexlog with older servers
    • Multiple documentation corrections and additions
    • Fix erroneous hash calculations in gin_extract_jsonb_path()
  • For the full release notse, see:
    <a href=“http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-6.html”>http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-6.html</a>

  • Security and bugfix release 9.4.5:

    • CVE-2015-5289, bsc#949670: json or jsonb input values constructed from
      arbitrary user input can crash the PostgreSQL server and cause a
      denial of service.
    • CVE-2015-5288, bsc#949669: The crypt() function included with the
      optional pgCrypto extension could be exploited to read a few
      additional bytes of memory. No working exploit for this issue has been
      developed.
  • For the full release notse, see:
    <a href=“http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-5.html”>http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-5.html</a>

  • Relax dependency on libpq to major version.