Package : postgresql-7.4 Vulnerability : programming error Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2007-2138
It was discovered that the PostgreSQL database performs insufficient validation of variables passed to privileged SQL statement called "security definers", which could lead to SQL privilege escalation.
For the oldstable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 7.4.7-6sarge5. A powerpc build is not yet available due to problems with the build host. It will be provided later.
For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 7.4.17-0etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 7.4.17-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your PostgreSQL packages.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------