Synopsis: Moderate: postgresql security update Issue Date: 2012-09-13 CVE Numbers: CVE-2012-3488 It was found that the optional PostgreSQL xml2 contrib module allowed local files and remote URLs to be read and written to with the privileges of the database server when parsing Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT). An unprivileged database user could use this flaw to read and write to local files (such as the database's configuration files) and remote URLs they would otherwise not have access to by issuing a specially-crafted SQL query. (CVE-2012-3488) We would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Peter Eisentraut as the original reporter. If the postgresql service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing this update. SL5 x86_64 postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-docs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-python-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-pl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-server-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm postgresql-test-8.1.23-6.el5_8.x86_64.rpm i386 postgresql-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-contrib-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-docs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-libs-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-python-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-tcl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-devel-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-pl-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-server-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm postgresql-test-8.1.23-6.el5_8.i386.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team