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RHEL 8: RHSA-2023-4535-01 Moderate: PostgreSQL 12 Security Issues

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Calendar Grey August 8, 2023
Scroller Redhat
Oracle has released a significant security patch for MySQL 8 in Oracle Linux 8 tackling various security issues.
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).
Security Fix(es):
* postgresql: schema_element defeats protective search_path changes (CVE-2023-2454)
* postgresql: row security policies disregard user ID changes after inlining. (CVE-2023-2455)
* postgresql: Client memory disclosure when connecting with Kerberos to modified server (CVE-2022-41862)
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 Enterprise Linux moderate impact memory disclosure database management postgresql

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41862 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2454 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2455 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-12.15-1.module+el8.8.0+19427+d1071523.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-12.15-1.module+el8.8.0+19427+d1071523.aarch64.rpm postgresql-contrib-12.15-1.module+el8.8.0+19427+d1071523.aarch64.rpm postgresql-contrib-debuginfo-12.15-1.module+el8.8.0+19427+d1071523.aarch64.rpm postgresql-debuginfo-12.15-1.module+el8.8.0+19427+d1071523.aarch64.rpm postgresql-debugsource-12.15-1.module+el8.8.0+19427+d1071523.aarch64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:4535-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4535
Issue date: 2023-08-08

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact memory disclosure database management postgresql

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

2165722 - CVE-2022-41862 postgresql: Client memory disclosure when connecting with Kerberos to modified server

2207568 - CVE-2023-2454 postgresql: schema_element defeats protective search_path changes

2207569 - CVE-2023-2455 postgresql: row security policies disregard user ID changes after inlining.

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