Updated postgresql packages that fix two security issues are now available for CentOS Linux 3 and 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS). A flaw was found in the way the PostgreSQL server handles certain SQL-language functions. An authenticated user could execute a sequence of commands which could crash the PostgreSQL server or possibly read from arbitrary memory locations. A user would need to have permissions to drop and add database tables to be able to exploit this issue (CVE-2007-0555). A denial of service flaw was found affecting the PostgreSQL server running on CentOS Linux 4 systems. An authenticated user could execute an SQL command which could crash the PostgreSQL server. (CVE-2006-5540) Users of PostgreSQL should upgrade to these updated packages containing PostgreSQL version 7.4.16 or 7.3.18, which correct these issues.
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