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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2018:2511-01 Important: PostgreSQL Threats

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Calendar Grey August 20, 2018
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Critical update for rh-postgresql95 addressing multiple security threats includes important fixes and security guidance.
An update for rh-postgresql95-postgresql is now available for Red Hat Software Collections

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

If the postgresql service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing this update.

Summary

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: rh-postgresql95-postgresql (9.5.14). (BZ#1612671)
Security Fix(es):
* postgresql: Certain host connection parameters defeat client-side security defenses (CVE-2018-10915)
* postgresql: Missing authorization and memory disclosure in INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE statements (CVE-2018-10925)
* postgresql: Memory disclosure in JSON functions (CVE-2017-15098)
* postgresql: pg_upgrade creates file of sensitive metadata under prevailing umask (CVE-2018-1053)
* postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in pg_dump and other client applications (CVE-2018-1058)
* postgresql: INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE fails to enforce SELECT privileges (CVE-2017-15099)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2018-10915, CVE-2018-10925, CVE-2017-15098, CVE-2018-1053, and CVE-2017-15099. Upstream acknowledges Andrew Krasichkov as the original reporter of CVE-2018-10915; David Rowley as the original reporter of CVE-2017-15098; Tom Lane as the original reporter of CVE-2018-1053; and Dean Rasheed as the original reporter of CVE-2017-15099.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15098 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15099 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1053 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1058 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10915 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10925 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-9.5.14-1.el6.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-postgresql95-postgresql-contrib-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-postgresql95-postgresql-debuginfo-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-postgresql95-postgresql-devel-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-postgresql95-postgresql-docs-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-postgresql95-postgresql-plperl-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-postgresql95-postgresql-plpython-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-postgresql95-postgresql-pltcl-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-postgresql95-postgresql-server-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-postgresql95-postgresql-static-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7):
Source: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-9.5.14-1.el6.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-postgresql95-postgresql-contrib-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-postgresql95-postgresql-debuginfo-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-postgresql95-postgresql-devel-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-postgresql95-postgresql-docs-9.5.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2511-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2511
Issue date: 2018-08-20

Topic

An update for rh-postgresql95-postgresql is now available for Red HatSoftware Collections.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1508820 - CVE-2017-15098 postgresql: Memory disclosure in JSON functions

1508823 - CVE-2017-15099 postgresql: INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE fails to enforce SELECT privileges

1539619 - CVE-2018-1053 postgresql: pg_upgrade creates file of sensitive metadata under prevailing umask

1547044 - CVE-2018-1058 postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in pg_dump and other client applications

1609891 - CVE-2018-10915 postgresql: Certain host connection parameters defeat client-side security defenses

1612619 - CVE-2018-10925 postgresql: Missing authorization and memory disclosure in INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE statements

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