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RedHat: RHSA-2020:5661-01 Important: PostgreSQL 9.6 Security Issue

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Calendar Grey December 22, 2020
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PostgreSQL 9.6 is now unsupported, emphasizing the need for companies using it to implement essential security updates on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to avoid risks
An update for the postgresql:9.6 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

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: postgresql (9.6.20).
Security Fix(es):
* postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings (CVE-2020-25694)
* postgresql: Multiple features escape "security restricted operation" sandbox (CVE-2020-25695)
* postgresql: TYPE in pg_temp executes arbitrary SQL during SECURITY DEFINER execution (CVE-2019-10208)
* postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in CREATE EXTENSION (CVE-2020-14350)
* postgresql: psql's gset allows overwriting specially treated variables (CVE-2020-25696)
* postgresql: Selectivity estimators bypass row security policies (CVE-2019-10130)
* postgresql: ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION is missing authorization checks (CVE-2020-1720)
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 update security issue important red hat enterprise linux database database security important update postgresql connection security RedHat 8 PostgreSQL 9.6

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10130 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10208 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1720 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14350 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25694 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25695 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25696 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0):
Source: postgresql-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.src.rpm
aarch64: postgresql-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm postgresql-contrib-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm postgresql-contrib-debuginfo-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm postgresql-debugsource-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm postgresql-docs-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm postgresql-docs-debuginfo-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm postgresql-plperl-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm postgresql-plperl-debuginfo-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm postgresql-plpython3-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm postgresql-plpython3-debuginfo-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm postgresql-pltcl-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm postgresql-pltcl-debuginfo-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm postgresql-server-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm postgresql-server-debuginfo-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm postgresql-server-devel-9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def.aarch64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:5661-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5661
Issue date: 2020-12-22

Topic

An update for the postgresql:9.6 module is now available for Red HatEnterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.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 update security issue important red hat enterprise linux database database security important update postgresql connection security RedHat 8 PostgreSQL 9.6

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1707109 - CVE-2019-10130 postgresql: Selectivity estimators bypass row security policies

1734416 - CVE-2019-10208 postgresql: TYPE in pg_temp executes arbitrary SQL during SECURITY DEFINER execution

1798852 - CVE-2020-1720 postgresql: ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION is missing authorization checks

1865746 - CVE-2020-14350 postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in CREATE EXTENSION

1894423 - CVE-2020-25694 postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings

1894425 - CVE-2020-25695 postgresql: Multiple features escape "security restricted operation" sandbox

1894430 - CVE-2020-25696 postgresql: psql's gset allows overwriting specially treated variables

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