RHSA-2008:0038Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql security update

Published
January 11, 2008
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (6)

CVE-2007-3278 →CVE-2007-4769 →CVE-2007-4772 →CVE-2007-6067 →CVE-2007-6600 →CVE-2007-6601 →

📋 Description

CVE-2007-3278 — dblink allows proxying of database connections via 127.0.0.1 CVE-2007-4769 — postgresql integer overflow in regex code CVE-2007-4772 — postgresql DoS via infinite loop in regex NFA optimization code CVE-2007-6067 — postgresql: tempory DoS caused by slow regex NFA cleanup CVE-2007-6600 — PostgreSQL privilege escalation CVE-2007-6601 — PostgreSQL privilege escalation via dblink

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • +170 more not shown

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

🔗 References (9)