PostgreSQL: SQL injection

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200607-04 / postgresql
Release Date	July 09, 2006
Latest Revision	June 26, 2007: 03
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
dev-db/postgresql	< 8.0.8, < 7.4.13	>= 8.0.8, = 7.4*	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #134168

Synopsis

A flaw in the multibyte character handling allows execution of arbitrary SQL statements.

2. Impact Information

Background

PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database management system.

Description

PostgreSQL contains a flaw in the string parsing routines that allows certain backslash-escaped characters to be bypassed with some multibyte character encodings. This vulnerability was discovered by Akio Ishida and Yasuo Ohgaki.

Impact

An attacker could execute arbitrary SQL statements on the PostgreSQL server. Be aware that web applications using PostgreSQL as a database back-end might be used to exploit this vulnerability.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All PostgreSQL users should upgrade to the latest version in the respective branch they are using:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-db/postgresql

Note: While a fix exists for the 7.3 branch it doesn't currently work on Gentoo. All 7.3.x users of PostgreSQL should consider updating their installations to the 7.4 (or higher) branch as soon as possible!

4. References

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