RHSA-2009:1485: Moderate: postgresql security update

First published: Wed Oct 07 2009(Updated: )

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system<br>(DBMS).<br>It was discovered that the upstream patch for CVE-2007-6600 included in the<br>Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0039 did not include protection against<br>misuse of the RESET ROLE and RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION commands. An<br>authenticated user could use this flaw to install malicious code that would<br>later execute with superuser privileges. (CVE-2009-3230)<br>All PostgreSQL users should upgrade to these updated packages, which<br>contain a backported patch to correct this issue. If you are running a<br>PostgreSQL server, the postgresql service must be restarted for this update<br>to take effect.

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