VMSA-2013-0005

VMware vFabric Postgres security updates

1. Summary

VMware vFabric Postgres releases address several security vulnerabilities

2. Relevant Releases

VMware vFabric Postgres 9.2.2 and earlier
VMware vFabric Postgres 9.1.6 and earlier

3. Problem Description

a. VMware vFabric Postgres security vulnerabilities

VMware vFabric Postgres has been updated to resolve several security issues that were found to be present in Postgres.

The most serious of these issues, CVE-2013-1899, allows for remote deletion of files from the vFabric Postgres data directory. In case vFabric Postgres is not listening for external incoming traffic the issue cannot be exploited  remotely.

Mitigation

Disallowing incoming external traffic will mitigate the issue for CVE-2013-1899. Details can be found in http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/runtime-config-connection.html. 

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2013-1899, CVE-2013-1900 and CVE-2013-1901 to these issues.

Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.

4. Solution

Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.

VMware vFabric Postgres
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https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/application_platform/vmware_vfabric_postgres/9_2
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/application_platform/vmware_vfabric_postgres/9_1

https://www.vmware.com/support/vfabric-postgres/doc/vfabric-postgres-92-release-notes.html
https://www.vmware.com/support/vfabric-postgres/doc/vfabric-postgres-916-release-notes.html

5. References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1899

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1900
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1901

Postgress security notice
http://www.postgresql.org/support/security/faq/2013-04-04/

6. Change log

2013-04-04 VMSA-2013-0005
Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of VMware vFabric Postgres 9.1.9 and VMware vFabric Postgres 9.2.4 on 2013-04-04.

7. Contact

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This Security Advisory is posted to the following lists:

• security-announce at lists.vmware.com
• bugtraq at securityfocus.com
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