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[SA52991] Eucalyptus PostgreSQL Denial of Service Vulnerability

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Wed Apr 10 2013 - 15:20:06 CDT


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TITLE:
Eucalyptus PostgreSQL Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA52991

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RELEASE DATE:
2013-04-10

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DESCRIPTION:
Eucalyptus Systems has acknowledged a vulnerability in Eucalyptus,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a bundled vulnerable version of
PostgreSQL.

For more information see vulnerability #1 in:
SA52837

The vulnerability is reported in versions 3.1.x and 3.2.x.

SOLUTION:
Apply the workaround of the vendor. Please see the vendor's advisory
for details. The vendor is planning to release a version 3.3 to fix
the vulnerability.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.eucalyptus.com/eucalyptus-cloud/security/esa-11

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