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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: libpq security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2020:5401-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5401
Issue date:        2020-12-14
CVE Names:         CVE-2020-25694 CVE-2020-25696 
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1. Summary:

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 impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

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.

4. 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

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1894423 - CVE-2020-25694 postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings
1894430 - CVE-2020-25696 postgresql: psql's \gset allows overwriting specially treated variables

6. 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/

7. 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

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
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RedHat: RHSA-2020-5401:01 Important: libpq security update

An update for libpq is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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
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Severity
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:5401-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5401
Issued Date: : 2020-12-14
CVE Names: CVE-2020-25694 CVE-2020-25696

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


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