SUSE-SU-2015:1821-1

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SUSE-SU-2015:1821-1

Summary: Security update for postgresql93

Details: The PostreSQL database postgresql93 was updated to the bugfix release 9.3.10: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2015-5289, bsc#949670: json or jsonb input values constructed from arbitrary user input can crash the PostgreSQL server and cause a denial of service. - CVE-2015-5288, bsc#949669: The crypt() function included with the optional pgCrypto extension could be exploited to read a few additional bytes of memory. No working exploit for this issue has been developed. For the full release notes, see: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-10.html Other bugs fixed: * Move systemd related stuff and user creation to postgresql-init. * Remove some obsolete %suse_version conditionals. * Relax dependency on libpq to major version. * Fix possible failure to recover from an inconsistent database state. See full release notes for details. * Fix rare failure to invalidate relation cache init file. * Avoid deadlock between incoming sessions and CREATE/DROP DATABASE. * Improve planner's cost estimates for semi-joins and anti-joins with inner indexscans * For the full release notes for 9.3.9 see: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-9.html

References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20151821-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/949669, https://bugzilla.suse.com/949670, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5288, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5289