One Severe and Multiple Security Fixes – PostgreSQL

If you’re using dev-db/postgresql-server, update now.

CVE-2013-1899 <dev-db/postgresql-server-{9.2.4,9.1.9,9.0.13}
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A connection request containing a database name that begins
with "-" may be crafted to damage or destroy files within a server's data directory.

CVE-2013-1900 <dev-db/postgresql-server-{9.2.4,9.1.9,9.0.13,8.4.17}
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Random numbers generated by contrib/pgcrypto functions may be easy for another
database user to guess

CVE-2013-1901 <dev-db/postgresql-server-{9.2.4,9.1.9}
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An unprivileged user can run commands that could interfere with in-progress backups.

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