PostgreSQL class C vulnerability in core server: CVE-2014-0062

PostgreSQL class C vulnerability in core server: CVE-2014-0062

Severity	CVSS	Published	Added	Modified
5	(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)	March 31, 2014	April 01, 2014	April 01, 2014

Description

Race condition in the (1) CREATE INDEX and (2) unspecified ALTER TABLE commands in PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to create an unauthorized index or read portions of unauthorized tables by creating or deleting a table with the same name during the timing window.

References

• CVE-2014-0062
• DEBIAN: http://www.debian.org/security/dsa-2864
• DEBIAN: http://www.debian.org/security/dsa-2865
• DISA_SEVERITY: http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/iavm-cve.html
• DISA_VMSKEY: http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/iavm-cve.html
• IAVM: http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/iavm-cve.html

Solution

• Postgres Postgres >= 8.4 and < 8.4.20

  Upgrade to PostgreSQL version 8.4.20

  Download and apply the upgrade from: http://www.postgresql.org/download/

• Postgres Postgres >= 9.0 and < 9.0.16

  Upgrade to PostgreSQL version 9.0.16

  Download and apply the upgrade from: http://www.postgresql.org/download/

• Postgres Postgres >= 9.1 and < 9.1.12

  Upgrade to PostgreSQL version 9.1.12

  Download and apply the upgrade from: http://www.postgresql.org/download/

• Postgres Postgres >= 9.2 and < 9.2.7

  Upgrade to PostgreSQL version 9.2.7

  Download and apply the upgrade from: http://www.postgresql.org/download/

• Postgres Postgres >= 9.3 and < 9.3.3

  Upgrade to PostgreSQL version 9.3.3

  Download and apply the upgrade from: http://www.postgresql.org/download/

Related Vulnerabilities

• DSA-2864-1 postgresql-8.4 -- several vulnerabilities
• DSA-2865-1 postgresql-9.1 -- several vulnerabilities
• CESA-2014:0211: postgresql84 and postgresql security update
• CESA-2014:0221: postgresql92-postgresql security update
• CESA-2014:0249: postgresql security update
• ELSA-2014-0211 Important: Oracle Linux 6 postgresql84 and postgresql security update
• ELSA-2014-0249 Important: Oracle Linux 5 postgresql security update
• RHSA-2014:0211: postgresql84 and postgresql security update
• RHSA-2014:0221: postgresql92-postgresql security update
• RHSA-2014:0249: postgresql security update
• SUSE Linux Security Advisory: CVE-2014-0062