HPSBTU02325 SSRT080006 rev.1 - HP Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX running PostgreSQL, Arbitrary Code Execution, Privilege Elevation, or Denial of Service (DoS)
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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN
Document ID: c01420154
Version: 1
HPSBTU02325 SSRT080006 rev.1 - HP Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX running
PostgreSQL, Arbitrary Code Execution, Privilege Elevation, or Denial of Service
(DoS)
NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon
as possible.
Release Date: 2008-04-01
Last Updated: 2008-04-01
Potential Security Impact: Arbitrary code execution, privilege elevation, or
Denial of Service (DoS)
Source: Hewlett-Packard Company, HP Software Security Response Team
VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified in PostgreSQL v 8.2.4
and earlier running on HP Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX. The vulnerabilities
could be exploited to execute arbitrary code, elevation of privilege, or cause
a Denial of Service (DoS).
References: CVE-2007-3278, CVE-2007-4769, CVE-2007-4772, CVE-2007-6067,
CVE-2007-6600, CVE-2007-6601
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
The following supported software versions are affected:
PostgreSQL v 8.2.4 and earlier as provided with...
HP Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX v 6.7
HP Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX v 6.6
BACKGROUND
CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics
Reference Base Vector Base Score
CVE-2007-3278 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.9
CVE-2007-4769 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) 6.8
CVE-2007-4772 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) 4.0
CVE-2007-6067 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) 6.8
CVE-2007-6600 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N) 5.5
CVE-2007-6601 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) 7.2
Information on CVSS is documented in HP Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002.
RESOLUTION
HP is releasing the following Early Release Patch (ERP) kits publicly for use
by any customer until updates are available in mainstream release patch kits.
The resolutions contained in the ERP kits are targeted for availability in the
following mainstream kit:
HP Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX v 6.8
The ERP kits use dupatch to install and will not install over any Customer
Specific Patches (CSPs) that have file intersections with the ERPs. Contact
your service provider for assistance if the installation of the ERPs is blocked
by any of your installed CSPs.
The ERP kit provides PostgreSQL v 8.2.6, plus sources and license.
HP Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX v 6.6 or v 6.7
PREREQUISITE: HP Tru64 UNIX v 5.1B-4 PK6 (BL27) or v 5.1B-3 PK5 (BL26)
Name: POSTGRESQL_8.2.6-ES-20080320.tar.gz
Location:
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=POSTGRESQL_8.2.6-ES-20080320
MD5 checksums are available from the ITRC patch database main page. From the
patch database main page, click Tru64 UNIX, then click verifying MD5 checksums
under useful links.
PRODUCT SPECIFIC INFORMATION
HISTORY
Version:1 (rev.1) - 1 April 2008 Initial release
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