The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all supported
versions of our database system, including 10.1, 9.6.6, 9.5.10, 9.4.15, 9.3.20,
and 9.2.24. This release fixes three security issues. This release also fixes
issues found in BRIN indexing, logical replication and other bugs reported over
the past three months.
Please note that the CVE-2017-12172 does not affect the FreeBSD port unless you
decided to not use the contrib/startscript instead of the startscript
distributed with the FreeBSD port/package.
Security: CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15099, CVE-2017-15098
URL: https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1801/
supported versions of our database system, including 9.6.5, 9.5.9,
9.4.14, 9.3.19, and 9.2.23.
This release includes fixes that prevent a crash in pg_restore when
using parallel mode. It also patches over a few other bugs reported
since the last releases in August.
Additionally, in 9.4.14 only, there is a fix to an issue with walsenders
preventing primary-server shutdown unless immediate shutdown mode is used.
Users should plan to update at the next convenient downtime.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
This update also fixes a number of bugs reported in the last few weeks.
Some of these issues affect only version 9.6, but many affect all
supported versions:
* Show foreign tables in information_schema.table_privileges view.
This fix applies to new databases, see the release notes for the
procedure to apply the fix to an existing database.
* Correctly identify columns that are of a range type or domain type
over a composite type or domain type being searched for
* Prevent crash when passing fixed-length pass-by-reference data types
to parallel worker processes
* Change ecpg’s parser to allow RETURNING clauses without attached C
variables
* Change ecpg’s parser to recognize backslash continuation of C
preprocessor command lines
* Improve selection of compiler flags for PL/Perl on Windows
supported versions of our database system, including 9.6.4, 9.5.8,
9.4.13, 9.3.18, and 9.2.22. This release fixes three security issues.
It also patches over 50 other bugs reported over the last three months.
Users who are affected by the below security issues should update as
soon as possible. Users affected by CVE-2017-7547
(https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7547) will need to
perform additional steps after upgrading to resolve the issue. Other
users should plan to update at the next convenient downtime.
URL: https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1772/
Security: CVE-2017-7546, CVE-2017-7547, CVE-2017-7548
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all supported
versions of our database system, including 9.6.3, 9.5.7, 9.4.12, 9.3.17, and
9.2.21. This release fixes three security issues. It also patches a number of
other bugs reported over the last three months. Users who use the PGREQUIRESSL
environment variable to control connections, and users who rely on security
isolation between database users when using foreign servers, should update as
soon as possible. Other users should plan to update at the next convenient
downtime.
URL: https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1746/
Security: CVE-2017-7484, CVE-2017-7485, CVE-2017-7486
Also modify rcorder and let sshd start before PostgreSQL, so any problems
during startup can be reviewed promplty from an ssh login.
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all supported
versions of our database system, including 9.6.2, 9.5.6, 9.4.11, 9.3.16, and
9.2.20. This release includes fixes that prevent data corruption issues in
index builds and in certain write-ahead-log replay situations, which are
detailed below. It also patches over 75 other bugs reported over the last three
months.
Users should plan to apply this update at the next scheduled downtime.
Build corruption with CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY
There existed a race condition if CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY was called on a
column that had not been indexed before, then rows that were updated by
transactions running at the same time as the CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY command
could have been indexed incorrectly.
If you suspect this may have happened, the most reliable solution is to rebuild
affected indexes after installing this update.
This issue is present in the 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, and 9.6 series of PostgreSQL.
URL https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1733/
- Add PYTHON_PYOEXTENSION and PYTHON_SUFFIX
- Add PYTHON2 and PYTHON3
- Respect PYTHON_VERSION
- Rename PYOEXTENSION to PYTHON_PYOEXTENSION
This change would help:
- Build databases/postgresql*-plpython with Python 3
(It has PLIST issue since bsd.python.mk to Uses/python.mk transition)
- Simplify Makefile
PR: 205807
Differential Revision: https://reviews.FreeBSD.org/D4758
Exp-run by: antoine
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all supported
versions of our database system, including 9.6.1, 9.5.5, 9.4.10, 9.3.15,
9.2.19, and 9.1.24.
This release fixes two issues that can cause data corruption, which are
described in more detail below. It also patches a number of other bugs reported
over the last three months. The project urges users to apply this update at the
next possible downtime.
versions of our database system, including 9.5.4, 9.4.9, 9.3.14, 9.2.18 and
9.1.23. This release fixes two security issues. It also patches a number of
other bugs reported over the last three months. Users who rely on security
isolation between database users should update as soon as possible. Other users
should plan to update at the next convenient downtime.
If you are using the ICU patch, please consult UPDATING.
Improve periodic cleanup, suggested by claudius (at) ambtec.de. [1]
PR: 210941 [1]
Security: CVE-2016-5423, CVE-2016-5424
Security Fixes for Regular Expressions, PL/Java
This release closes security hole CVE-2016-0773, an issue with regular
expression (regex) parsing. Prior code allowed users to pass in expressions
which included out-of-range Unicode characters, triggering a backend crash.
This issue is critical for PostgreSQL systems with untrusted users or which
generate regexes based on user input.
The update also fixes CVE-2016-0766, a privilege escalation issue for users of
PL/Java. Certain custom configuration settings (GUCS) for PL/Java will now be
modifiable only by the database superuser
URL: http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/
Security: CVE-2016-0773, CVE-2016-0766
Two security issues have been fixed in this release which affect users
of specific PostgreSQL features:
CVE-2015-5289: json or jsonb input values constructed from arbitrary
user input can crash the PostgreSQL server and cause a denial of
service.
CVE-2015-5288: 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.
This update will also disable SSL renegotiation by default;
previously, it was enabled by default. SSL renegotiation will be
removed entirely in PostgreSQL versions 9.5 and later.
URL: http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1615/
Security: CVE-2015-5288 CVE-2015-5289
Earlier update releases attempted to fix an issue in PostgreSQL 9.3 and 9.4
with "multixact wraparound", but failed to account for issues doing multixact
cleanup during crash recovery. This could cause servers to be unable to restart
after a crash. As such, all users of 9.3 and 9.4 should apply this update as
soon as possible.
URL: http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1592/
The update is mostly to fix the file persmission problem described
in the URL below. You might want to wait until next upgrade, depending
on you local configuration.
URL: http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1590/
Data Corruption Fix
For users of PostgreSQL versions 9.3 or 9.4, this release fixes a problem where
the database will fail to protect against "multixact wraparound", resulting in
data corruption or loss. Users with a high transaction rate (1 million or more
per hour) in a database with many foreign keys are especially vulnerable. We
strongly urge all users of 9.4 and 9.3 to update their installations in the
next few days.
Users of versions 9.2 and earlier are not affected by this issue.
Security: fc38cd83-00b3-11e5-8ebd-0026551a22dc
"Revert the change from readline to libedit, and instead make libedit optional.",
I failed to get the PORTREVISION set correctly. Fixed now.
PR: ports/197362
This update fixes multiple security issues reported in PostgreSQL over the past
few months. All of these issues require prior authentication, and some require
additional conditions, and as such are not considered generally urgent.
However, users should examine the list of security holes patched below in case
they are particularly vulnerable.
Security: CVE-2015-0241,CVE-2015-0242,CVE-2015-0243,
CVE-2015-0244,CVE-2014-8161
Major enhancements in PostgreSQL 9.4 include:
Add jsonb, a more capable and efficient data type for storing JSON data
Add new SQL command ALTER SYSTEM for changing postgresql.conf configuration
file entries
Reduce lock strength for some ALTER TABLE commands
Allow materialized views to be refreshed without blocking concurrent reads
Add support for logical decoding of WAL data, to allow database changes to be
streamed out in a customizable format
Allow background worker processes to be dynamically registered, started and
terminated The above items are explained in more detail in the sections below.
URL: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4.html
release of PostgreSQL 9.4, the latest version of the world's leading
open source database, is available today. This beta contains previews
of all of the features which will be available in version 9.4, and is
ready for testing by the worldwide PostgreSQL community. Please
download, test, and report what you find.
Major Features
--------------
The new major features available for testing in this beta include:
* JSONB: 9.4 includes the new JSONB "binary JSON" type. This new
storage format for document data is higher-performance, and comes with
indexing, functions and operators for manipulating JSON data.
* Replication: The new Data Change Streaming API allows decoding and
transformation of the replication stream. This lays the foundation
for new replication tools that support high-speed and more flexible
replication and scale-out solutions.
* Materialized Views with "Refresh Concurrently", which permit
fast-response background summary reports for complex data.
* ALTER SYSTEM SET, which enables modifications to postgresql.conf
from the SQL command line and from remote clients, easing
administration tasks.
