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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4027-1 postgresql-9.4 -- security update

Date Reported:

09 Nov 2017

Affected Packages:

postgresql-9.4

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-15098.

More information:

A vulnerabilitiy has been found in the PostgreSQL database system: Denial of service and potential memory disclosure in the json_populate_recordset() and jsonb_populate_recordset() functions.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 9.4.15-0+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-9.4 packages.