Debian Long Term Support / LTS Security Information / 2017 / Security Information -- DLA-1051-1 postgresql-9.1

Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1051-1 postgresql-9.1 -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

10 Aug 2017

Affected Packages:

postgresql-9.1

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-7486, CVE-2017-7546, CVE-2017-7547.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been found in the PostgreSQL database system:

• CVE-2017-7486

  Andrew Wheelwright discovered that user mappings were insufficiently restricted.

• CVE-2017-7546

  In some authentication methods empty passwords were accepted.

• CVE-2017-7547

  User mappings could leak data to unprivileged users.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 9.1.24lts2-0+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-9.1 packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS