rPSA-2006-0080-1 postgresql postgresql-server

["Justin M. Forbes" <jmforbes () rpath com>]

rPath Security Advisory: 2006-0080-1
Published: 2006-05-24
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Severe
Exposure Level Classification:
    Local System User Deterministic Vulnerability
Updated Versions:
    postgresql=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/8.1.4-1-0.1
    postgresql-server=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/8.1.4-1-0.1

References:
    http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2313
    http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2314
    http://bugs.rpath.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1159
    http://www.postgresql.org/docs/techdocs.49
    http://www.postgresql.org/docs/techdocs.50
    http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/release-8-1-4.html

Description:
    Previous versions of postgresql server and client libraries contain
    weaknesses parsing certain character encodings (UTF-8, SJIS, BIG5,
    GBK, GB18030, or UHC, but not ASCII) which, when using the vulnerable
    encodings, can enable SQL injection attacks against applications
    (particularly web applications) which use non-standard escaping of
    quote characters.
    
    Because vulnerable escaping of quote characters is no longer allowed,
    some existing applications may not function correctly when used with
    the new release of postgresql.