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Red Hat: RHSA-2021-2397-01 Important: PostgreSQL Buffer Overrun

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Calendar Grey June 14, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat Security Announcement for a critical postgresql upgrade aimed at mitigating buffer overflow vulnerabilities on Linux systems.
An update for postgresql is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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).
Security Fix(es):
* postgresql: Buffer overrun from integer overflow in array subscripting calculations (CVE-2021-32027)
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.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-32027 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: postgresql-9.2.24-7.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.24-7.el7_9.i686.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm postgresql-libs-9.2.24-7.el7_9.i686.rpm postgresql-libs-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: postgresql-9.2.24-7.el7_9.i686.rpm postgresql-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm postgresql-contrib-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.24-7.el7_9.i686.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm postgresql-devel-9.2.24-7.el7_9.i686.rpm postgresql-devel-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm postgresql-docs-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm postgresql-plperl-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm postgresql-plpython-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm postgresql-pltcl-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm postgresql-server-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm postgresql-static-9.2.24-7.el7_9.i686.rpm postgresql-static-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm postgresql-test-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm postgresql-upgrade-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: postgresql-9.2.24-7.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: postgresql-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.24-7.el7_9.i686.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.24-7.el7_9.x86_64.rpm postgresql-libs-9.2.24-7.el7_9.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:2397-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2021-06-14

Topic

An update for postgresql is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.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.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1956876 - CVE-2021-32027 postgresql: Buffer overrun from integer overflow in array subscripting calculations

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