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Mageia: 2019-0225 Critical: PostgreSQL Code Execution and Memory Exposure

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Calendar Grey August 18, 2019
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Revamped postgresql modules in Mageia address significant vulnerabilities and errors for improved security.
Updated postgresql packages fix security vulnerabilities: Given a suitable SECURITY DEFINER function, an attacker can execute arbitrary SQL under the identity of the function owne...

Summary

Updated postgresql packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Given a suitable SECURITY DEFINER function, an attacker can execute arbitrary SQL under the identity of the function owner. An attack requires EXECUTE permission on the function, which must itself contain a function call having inexact argument type match. For example, length('foo'::varchar) and length('foo') are inexact, while length('foo'::text) is exact (CVE-2019-10208).
In a database containing hypothetical, user-defined hash equality operators, an attacker could read arbitrary bytes of server memory. For an attack to become possible, a superuser would need to create unusual operators. It is possible for operators not purpose-crafted for attack to have the properties that enable an attack, but we are not aware of specific examples (CVE-2019-10209).
This update also fixes over 40 bugs that were reported in the last several months. See the upstream release notes for details.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25260

- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/release-9-4-24.html

- https://https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/release-9-6-15.html

- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/release-11-5.html

- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-115-1010-9615-9519-9424-and-12-beta-3-released-1960/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10208

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10209

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/postgresql9.6-9.6.15-1.mga7

- 7/core/postgresql11-11.5-1.mga7

- 6/core/postgresql9.4-9.4.24-1.mga6

- 6/core/postgresql9.6-9.6.15-1.mga6

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Publication date: 18 Aug 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0225.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-10208, CVE-2019-10209

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