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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-3818-1 Critical: PostgreSQL SQL Injection

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Calendar Grey November 14, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A flaw in PostgreSQL on Ubuntu might allow attackers to run administrative SQL commands. It's essential to implement updates to minimize this serious threat
PostgreSQL could be made to run SQL statements as the administrator.

Summary

PostgreSQL could be made to run SQL statements as the administrator.

Software Description:

- postgresql-10: Object-relational SQL database

Details:

It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain trigger

definitions when running pg_upgrade or pg_dump. A remote attacker could

possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary SQL statements with superuser

privileges.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote attack sql injection ubuntu postgresql

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10:
  postgresql-10                   10.6-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  postgresql-10                   10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart PostgreSQL to
make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3818-1

CVE-2018-16850

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November 14, 2018

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote attack sql injection ubuntu postgresql

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-10/10.6-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-10/10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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