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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2021-5235-02 Fixes PostgreSQL Memory Leak

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Calendar Grey December 21, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat released a security notice for postgresql:12 updates addressing vulnerabilities linked to memory leaks and man-in-the-middle attacks, vital for data integrity and confidentiality
An update for the postgresql:12 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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 (12.9).
Security Fix(es):
* postgresql: memory disclosure in certain queries (CVE-2021-3677)
* postgresql: server processes unencrypted bytes from man-in-the-middle (CVE-2021-23214)
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 Red Hat moderate impact PostgreSQL man-in-the-middle memory disclosure

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3677 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23214 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: pg_repack-1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5.src.rpm pgaudit-1.4.0-5.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5.src.rpm postgres-decoderbufs-0.10.0-2.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5.src.rpm postgresql-12.9-1.module+el8.5.0+13373+4554acc4.src.rpm
aarch64: pg_repack-1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5.aarch64.rpm pg_repack-debuginfo-1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5.aarch64.rpm pg_repack-debugsource-1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5.aarch64.rpm pgaudit-1.4.0-5.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5.aarch64.rpm pgaudit-debuginfo-1.4.0-5.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5.aarch64.rpm pgaudit-debugsource-1.4.0-5.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5.aarch64.rpm postgres-decoderbufs-0.10.0-2.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5.aarch64.rpm postgres-decoderbufs-debuginfo-0.10.0-2.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5.aarch64.rpm postgres-decoderbufs-debugsource-0.10.0-2.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5.aarch64.rpm postgresql-12.9-1.module+el8.5.0+13373+4554acc4.aarch64.rpm postgresql-contrib-12.9-1.module+el8.5.0+13373+4554acc4.aarch64.rpm postgresql-contrib-debuginfo-12.9-1.module+el8.5.0+13373+4554acc4.aarch64.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-12.9-1.module+el8.5.0+13373+4554acc4.aarch64.rpm postgresql-debugsource-12.9-1.module+el8.5.0+13373+4554acc4.aarch64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:5235-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5235
Issue date: 2021-12-21

Topic

An update for the postgresql:12 module is now available for Red HatEnterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat moderate impact PostgreSQL man-in-the-middle memory disclosure

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

2001857 - CVE-2021-3677 postgresql: memory disclosure in certain queries

2022666 - CVE-2021-23214 postgresql: server processes unencrypted bytes from man-in-the-middle

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