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postgresql-common package

postgresql-common 173ubuntu0.1 source package in Ubuntu

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postgresql-common (173ubuntu0.1) xenial-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: symlink attack vulnerability
    - drop privileges when creating log file in pg_ctlcluster.
    - c8989206ec360f199400c74f129f7b4cb878c1ee
    - CVE-2016-1255
  * SECURITY UPDATE: symlink attack vulnerability in init/helper scripts
    (LP: #1727209)
    - use lchown instead of chown in pg_createcluster, pg_ctlcluster,
      pg_upgradecluster.
    - 8b4d0a889a8287181c4bdf46462db9b737a6e25d
    - No CVE number

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>  Wed, 08 Nov 2017 08:17:29 -0500

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Uploaded by:
Marc Deslauriers
Uploaded to:
Xenial
Original maintainer:
Ubuntu Developers
Architectures:
all
Section:
database
Urgency:
Medium Urgency

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Binary packages built by this source

postgresql: object-relational SQL database (supported version)

 This metapackage always depends on the currently supported PostgreSQL
 database server version.
 .
 PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management
 system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed
 to be extensible by users in many aspects. Some of the features are:
 ACID transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries,
 triggers, user-defined types and functions, outer joins, multiversion
 concurrency control. Graphical user interfaces and bindings for many
 programming languages are available as well.

postgresql-client: front-end programs for PostgreSQL (supported version)

 This metapackage always depends on the currently supported database
 client package for PostgreSQL.
 .
 PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management
 system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed
 to be extensible by users in many aspects. Some of the features are:
 ACID transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries,
 triggers, user-defined types and functions, outer joins, multiversion
 concurrency control. Graphical user interfaces and bindings for many
 programming languages are available as well.

postgresql-client-common: manager for multiple PostgreSQL client versions

 The postgresql-client-common package provides a structure under which
 multiple versions of PostgreSQL client programs may be installed at
 the same time. It provides a wrapper which selects the right version
 for the particular cluster you want to access (with a command line
 option, an environment variable, /etc/postgresql-common/user_clusters,
 or ~/.postgresqlrc).
 .
 PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management
 system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed
 to be extensible by users in many aspects. Its features include ACID
 transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries, triggers,
 outer joins, multiversion concurrency control, and user-defined types
 and functions.

postgresql-common: PostgreSQL database-cluster manager

 The postgresql-common package provides a structure under which
 multiple versions of PostgreSQL may be installed and/or multiple
 clusters maintained at one time.
 .
 The commands provided are pg_conftool, pg_createcluster, pg_ctlcluster,
 pg_dropcluster, pg_lsclusters, pg_renamecluster, pg_upgradecluster,
 pg_virtualenv.
 .
 PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management
 system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed
 to be extensible by users in many aspects. Its features include ACID
 transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries, triggers,
 outer joins, multiversion concurrency control, and user-defined types
 and functions.

postgresql-contrib: additional facilities for PostgreSQL (supported version)

 This metapackage always depends on the currently supported PostgreSQL
 database contrib package.
 .
 PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management
 system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed
 to be extensible by users in many aspects. Some of the features are:
 ACID transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries,
 triggers, user-defined types and functions, outer joins, multiversion
 concurrency control. Graphical user interfaces and bindings for many
 programming languages are available as well.

postgresql-doc: documentation for the PostgreSQL database management system

 This metapackage always depends on the currently supported PostgreSQL
 database documentation package.
 .
 PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management
 system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed
 to be extensible by users in many aspects. Some of the features are:
 ACID transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries,
 triggers, user-defined types and functions, outer joins, multiversion
 concurrency control. Graphical user interfaces and bindings for many
 programming languages are available as well.

postgresql-server-dev-all: extension build tool for multiple PostgreSQL versions

 The postgresql-server-dev-all package provides the pg_buildext script for
 simplifying packaging of a PostgreSQL extension supporting multiple major
 versions of the product.
 .
 PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management
 system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed
 to be extensible by users in many aspects. Its features include ACID
 transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries, triggers,
 outer joins, multiversion concurrency control, and user-defined types
 and functions.