From martin.pitt@canonical.com Fri Oct 29 06:51:56 2004 From: Martin Pitt To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com, bugtraq@securityfocus.com Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:52:20 +0200 Subject: [USN-6-1] postgresql contributed script vulnerability =========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6-1 October 27, 2004 postgresql contributed script vulnerability CAN-2004-0977 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) The following packages are affected: postgresql-contrib The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 7.4.5-3ubuntu0.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered a vulnerability in the postgresql-contrib package. The script "make_oidjoins_check" created temporary files in an insecure way, which allowed a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the script. 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