RHSA-2012:1037Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql and postgresql84 security update

Published
June 25, 2012
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2012-2143 →CVE-2012-2655 →

📋 Description

CVE-2012-2143 — crypt(): DES encrypted password weakness CVE-2012-2655 — postgresql: Ability of database owners to install procedural languages via CREATE LANGUAGE found unsafe (DoS)

🎯 Affected products200

  • RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • postgresql-contrib-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • postgresql-contrib-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • postgresql-contrib-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • +170 more not shown

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

🔗 References (6)