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Red Hat: RHSA-2020:3286-01 Important: PostgreSQL JDBC XXE Issue

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Calendar Grey August 3, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important patch issued for PostgreSQL JDBC on RHEL targeting an XML exploit; verify adherence.
An update for postgresql-jdbc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

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)
This update introduces a backwards incompatible change required to resolve this issue. Refer to the Red Hat Knowledgebase article 5266441 linked to in the References section for information on how to re-enable the old insecure behavior.
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 Red Hat update security fix important XXE postgresql-jdbc

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-13692 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/articles/5266441

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1):
Source: postgresql-jdbc-42.2.3-3.el8_1.src.rpm
noarch: postgresql-jdbc-42.2.3-3.el8_1.noarch.rpm postgresql-jdbc-javadoc-42.2.3-3.el8_1.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-2020:3286-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3286
Issue date: 2020-08-03

Topic

An update for postgresql-jdbc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.1 Extended Update Support.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 Red Hat update security fix important XXE postgresql-jdbc

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

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

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