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openSUSE 15.4 SUSE-SU-2023:4455-1 Important: PostgreSQL13 Security Issues

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Calendar Grey November 16, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This crucial patch for mariadb10 addresses significant flaws and weaknesses in various Ubuntu versions.
This update for postgresql13 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed:

Description

This update for postgresql13 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

* CVE-2023-5868: Fix handling of unknown-type arguments in DISTINCT "any"

aggregate functions. This error led to a text-type value being interpreted

as an unknown-type value (that is, a zero-terminated string) at runtime.

This could result in disclosure of server memory following the text value.

(bsc#1216962)

* CVE-2023-5869: Detect integer overflow while computing new array dimensions.

When assigning new elements to array subscripts that are outside the current

array bounds, an undetected integer overflow could occur in edge cases.

Memory stomps that are potentially exploitable for arbitrary code execution

are possible, and so is disclosure of server memory. (bsc#1216961)

* CVE-2023-5870: Prevent the pg_signal_backend role from signalling background

workers and autovacuum processes. The documentation says that

pg_signal_backend cannot issue signals to...

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-4455=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4455=1

* Legacy Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP4-2023-4455=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-4455=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-ESPOS-2023-4455=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-4455=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-4455=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3

zypper in -t patch...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* postgresql13-pltcl-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-server-debuginfo-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-contrib-debuginfo-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-llvmjit-devel-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-test-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-debuginfo-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-plperl-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-server-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-contrib-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-plpython-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-server-devel-debuginfo-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-llvmjit-debuginfo-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-pltcl-debuginfo-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-devel-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-server-devel-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-debugsource-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-plperl-debuginfo-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-devel-debuginfo-13.13-150200.5.50.1

* postgresql13-llvmjit-13.13-150200.5.50.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1216022

* bsc#1216734

* bsc#1216960

* bsc#1216961

* bsc#1216962

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5868.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5869.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5870.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216022

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216734

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216960

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216961

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216962

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4455-1
Rating: important

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