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Gentoo 202408-06 Advisory: PostgreSQL Privilege Escalation And DoS Risks

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Calendar Grey August 7, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo has released PostgreSQL vulnerability advisories under GLSA 202408-06, detailing severity levels and providing guidance for necessary mitigation actions
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation or denial of service.

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 denial of service software update privilege escalation security risks gentoo linux postgresql

Resolution

All PostgreSQL users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-16.3-r1:16"
Or update an older slot if that is still in use.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-5868 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5868 [ 2 ] CVE-2023-5869 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5869 [ 3 ] CVE-2023-5870 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5870 [ 4 ] CVE-2024-0985 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0985 [ 5 ] CVE-2024-4317 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4317

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202408-06
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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 07, 2024
Bugs: #903193, #912251, #917153, #924110, #931849
ID: 202408-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update privilege escalation security risks gentoo linux postgresql

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation or denial of service.

Background

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

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ----------------- ------------- -------------- dev-db/postgresql < 12.19:12 >= 12.19:12 < 13.14:13 >= 13.14:13 < 14.12-r1:14 >= 14.12-r1:14 < 15.7-r1:15 >= 15.7-r1:15 < 16.3-r1:16 >= 16.3-r1:16 < 12 >= 12.19

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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