SUSE-SU-2016:0677-1

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Source

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20160677-1/

Import Source

https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0677-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2016:0677-1

Upstream

CVE-2007-4772

CVE-2015-5288

CVE-2015-5289

CVE-2016-0766

CVE-2016-0773

Related

CVE-2007-4772
CVE-2015-5288
CVE-2015-5289
CVE-2016-0766
CVE-2016-0773

Published

2016-03-07T14:09:05Z

Modified

2026-02-04T04:15:17Z

Summary

Security update for postgresql94

Details

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: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-6.html
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: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-5.html
Relax dependency on libpq to major version.

References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4

postgresql94

Package

Name: postgresql94
Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/postgresql94&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP4

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

9.4.6-0.14.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libecpg6": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "libpq5": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "libpq5-32bit": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94-docs": "9.4.6-0.14.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0677-1.json"

postgresql94-libs

Package

Name: postgresql94-libs
Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/postgresql94-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP4

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

9.4.6-0.14.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libecpg6": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "libpq5": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "libpq5-32bit": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94-docs": "9.4.6-0.14.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0677-1.json"

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

postgresql94

Package

Name: postgresql94
Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/postgresql94&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

9.4.6-0.14.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libecpg6": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "libpq5": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "libpq5-32bit": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94-contrib": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94-docs": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94-server": "9.4.6-0.14.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0677-1.json"

postgresql94-libs

Package

Name: postgresql94-libs
Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/postgresql94-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

9.4.6-0.14.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libecpg6": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "libpq5": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "libpq5-32bit": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94-contrib": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94-docs": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94-server": "9.4.6-0.14.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0677-1.json"

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4

postgresql94

Package

Name: postgresql94
Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/postgresql94&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

9.4.6-0.14.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libecpg6": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "libpq5": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "libpq5-32bit": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94-contrib": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94-docs": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94-server": "9.4.6-0.14.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0677-1.json"

postgresql94-libs

Package

Name: postgresql94-libs
Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/postgresql94-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

9.4.6-0.14.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libecpg6": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "libpq5": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "libpq5-32bit": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94-contrib": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94-docs": "9.4.6-0.14.3",
            "postgresql94-server": "9.4.6-0.14.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0677-1.json"

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

postgresql94-libs

Package

Name: postgresql94-libs
Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/postgresql94-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

9.4.6-0.14.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "postgresql94-devel": "9.4.6-0.14.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0677-1.json"