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Gentoo: GLSA-202008-13 Normal: PostgreSQL Privilege Escalation Risk

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Calendar Grey August 26, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws identified in PostgreSQL; Gentoo users advised to apply updates to maintain database integrity.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PostgreSQL, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue gentoo privilege escalation postgresql normal severity

Resolution

All PostgreSQL 9.5 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-9.5.23:9.5"
All PostgreSQL 9.6 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-9.6.19:9.6"
All PostgreSQL 10 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-10.14:10"
All PostgreSQL 11 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-11.9:11"
All PostgreSQL 12 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-12.4:12"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-14349 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14349 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-14350 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14350

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-13
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 26, 2020
Bugs: #737032
ID: 202008-13

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue gentoo privilege escalation postgresql normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PostgreSQL, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

Background

PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database management system.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/postgresql < 9.5.23:9.5 >= 9.5.23:9.5 < 9.6.19:9.6 >= 9.6.19:9.6 < 10.14:10 >= 10.14:10 < 11.9:11 >= 11.9:11 < 12.4:12 >= 12.4:12

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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