Security update for postgresql94

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3287-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-10915 ( SUSE ): 8.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-10915 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for postgresql94 fixes the following issues:

postgresql was updated to 9.4.19:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-19.html * CVE-2018-10915, bsc#1104199: Fix failure to reset libpq's state fully between connection attempts.

postgresql was updated to 9.4.18:

  • https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1851/
  • https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-18.html A dump/restore is not required for those running 9.4.X. However, if the function marking mistakes mentioned in the first changelog entry below affect you, you will want to take steps to correct your database catalogs.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-postgresql94-13829=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-postgresql94-13829=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-postgresql94-13829=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • postgresql94-devel-9.4.19-0.23.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • postgresql94-docs-9.4.19-0.23.19.1
    • libpq5-9.4.19-0.23.19.1
    • postgresql94-9.4.19-0.23.19.1
    • postgresql94-server-9.4.19-0.23.19.1
    • libecpg6-9.4.19-0.23.19.1
    • postgresql94-contrib-9.4.19-0.23.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • libpq5-32bit-9.4.19-0.23.19.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • postgresql94-docs-9.4.19-0.23.19.1
    • libpq5-9.4.19-0.23.19.1
    • libpq5-32bit-9.4.19-0.23.19.1
    • postgresql94-9.4.19-0.23.19.1
    • postgresql94-server-9.4.19-0.23.19.1
    • libecpg6-9.4.19-0.23.19.1
    • postgresql94-contrib-9.4.19-0.23.19.1

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