RedHat: RHSA-2020-5401:01 Important: libpq security update
Summary
The libpq package provides the PostgreSQL client library, which allows
client programs to connect to PostgreSQL servers.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
libpq (12.5). (BZ#1898228, BZ#1901558)
Security Fix(es):
* postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings
(CVE-2020-25694)
* postgresql: psql's \gset allows overwriting specially treated variables
(CVE-2020-25696)
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.
Summary
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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25694 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25696 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
libpq-12.5-1.el8_3.src.rpm
aarch64:
libpq-12.5-1.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
libpq-12.5-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
libpq-12.5-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
libpq-12.5-1.el8_3.i686.rpm
libpq-12.5-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_3.i686.rpm
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_3.i686.rpm
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_3.i686.rpm
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_3.i686.rpm
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_3.x86_64.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/
Topic
An update for libpq is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1894423 - CVE-2020-25694 postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings
1894430 - CVE-2020-25696 postgresql: psql's \gset allows overwriting specially treated variables