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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2020-3176-01 Important: XML Issue

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Calendar Grey July 28, 2020
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Red Hat has announced a critical security update for postgresql-jdbc addressing a major XML external entity vulnerability, essential for improving security measures against potential threats
An update for postgresql-jdbc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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

Summary

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system. The postgresql-jdbc package includes the .jar files needed for Java programs to access a PostgreSQL database.
Security Fix(es):
* postgresql-jdbc: XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in PgSQLXML (CVE-2020-13692)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat important database postgresql XML external entity

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-13692 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: postgresql-jdbc-42.2.3-3.el8_2.src.rpm
noarch: postgresql-jdbc-42.2.3-3.el8_2.noarch.rpm postgresql-jdbc-javadoc-42.2.3-3.el8_2.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3176-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3176
Issue date: 2020-07-28

Topic

An update for postgresql-jdbc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.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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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat important database postgresql XML external entity

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1852985 - CVE-2020-13692 postgresql-jdbc: XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in PgSQLXML

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