Synopsis: Moderate: postgresql security update Issue date: 2010-11-23 CVE Names: CVE-2010-3433 It was discovered that a user could utilize the features of the PL/Perl andaPL/Tcl languages to modify the behavior of a SECURITY DEFINER functionacreated by a different user. If the PL/Perl or PL/Tcl language was used toaimplement a SECURITY DEFINER function, an authenticated database user couldause a PL/Perl or PL/Tcl script to modify the behavior of that functionaduring subsequent calls in the same session. This would result in theamodified or injected code also being executed with the privileges of theauser who created the SECURITY DEFINER function, possibly leading to privilege escalation. (CVE-2010-3433) These updated postgresql packages upgrade PostgreSQL to version 8.4.5. Refer to the PostgreSQL Release Notes for a list of changes: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release.html If the postgresql service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing this update. SL 6.x SRPMS: postgresql-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.src.rpm i386: postgresql-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.i686.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.i686.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.i686.rpm postgresql-docs-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.i686.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.i686.rpm postgresql-plperl-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.i686.rpm postgresql-plpython-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.i686.rpm postgresql-pltcl-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.i686.rpm postgresql-server-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.i686.rpm postgresql-test-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.i686.rpm x86_64: postgresql-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.x86_64.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.x86_64.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.i686.rpm postgresql-devel-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.x86_64.rpm postgresql-docs-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.x86_64.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.i686.rpm postgresql-libs-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.x86_64.rpm postgresql-plperl-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.x86_64.rpm postgresql-plpython-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.x86_64.rpm postgresql-pltcl-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.x86_64.rpm postgresql-server-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.x86_64.rpm postgresql-test-8.4.5-1.el6_0.2.x86_64.rpm -Connie Sieh -Troy Dawson