RHSA-2008:0040Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql security update

Published
February 1, 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 products76

  • Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4)
  • Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4)
  • Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5)
  • postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4)
  • postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4)
  • postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.src as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4)
  • postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.src as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4)
  • postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4)
  • postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4)
  • postgresql-0:8.2.6-1.el5s2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5)
  • postgresql-0:8.2.6-1.el5s2.src as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5)
  • postgresql-0:8.2.6-1.el5s2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5)
  • postgresql-contrib-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4)
  • postgresql-contrib-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4)
  • postgresql-contrib-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4)
  • postgresql-contrib-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4)
  • postgresql-contrib-0:8.2.6-1.el5s2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5)
  • postgresql-contrib-0:8.2.6-1.el5s2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5)
  • postgresql-debuginfo-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4)
  • postgresql-debuginfo-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4)
  • postgresql-debuginfo-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4)
  • postgresql-debuginfo-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4)
  • postgresql-debuginfo-0:8.2.6-1.el5s2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5)
  • postgresql-debuginfo-0:8.2.6-1.el5s2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5)
  • postgresql-devel-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4)
  • postgresql-devel-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4)
  • postgresql-devel-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4)
  • postgresql-devel-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4)
  • postgresql-devel-0:8.2.6-1.el5s2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5)
  • postgresql-devel-0:8.2.6-1.el5s2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5)
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✅ 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)