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Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 21:04:07 -0400
From: Landon Hurley <ljrhurley@...il.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL insecure install via yum (multiple problems)

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Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com> wrote:
>Problem:
>
>So I wanted to install PostgreSQL 9.2 to test something. So I google
>"postgresql 9.2 rpm" and get sent to:
>
>http://yum.postgresql.org/repopackages.php
>
>which is not available by HTTPS at all. Not ideal but ok, I download
>it over HTTP because I can check the signature on the file right?
>
>Wrong, I can't find the key anywhere. I try pgp.mit.edu, I even google
>site:postgresql.org 442df0f8 and all you get are archived emails with
>the warning that the signature can't be checked. No copy of the key.

Kurt,
pgp.mit.edu is deprecated. I recommend searching 0x442df0f8 on
 pool.sks-keyservers.net which does return a key.

landon



>Solution:
>
>Can PostgreSQL please setup HTTPS immediately for this site, and also
>publish the GPG key used to sign their RPMs in a secure manner (e.g.
>on the HTTPS site)?
>
>To replicate:
>
>$ wget
>https://yum.postgresql.org/9.2/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/pgdg-centos92-9.2-6.noarch.rpm
>
>Fails.
>
>$ wget
>https://yum.postgresql.org/9.2/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/pgdg-centos92-9.2-6.noarch.rpm
>
>Gets the file but:
>
>$ rpm -K pgdg-centos92-9.2-6.noarch.rpm
>pgdg-centos92-9.2-6.noarch.rpm: (SHA1) DSA sha1 md5 (GPG) NOT OK
>(MISSING KEYS: GPG#442df0f8)
>
>Signing RPM's isn't very useful if you never make the signing key
>available!
>
>
>--
>Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
>PGP: 0x5E267993 A90B F995 7350 148F 66BF 7554 160D 4553 5E26 7993


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