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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-6968-2 critical: PostgreSQL-9.5 SQL execution issue

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Calendar Grey September 19, 2024
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PostgreSQL-9.5 patch addresses vulnerability permitting superuser SQL commands on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
PostgreSQL could execute arbitrary SQL functions as the superuser if it received a specially crafted SQL object.

Summary

PostgreSQL could execute arbitrary SQL functions as the superuser

if it received a specially crafted SQL object.

Software Description:

- postgresql-9.5: Object-relational SQL database

Details:

USN-6968-1 fixed CVE-2024-7348 in PostgreSQL-12, PostgreSQL-14, and

PostgreSQL-16

This update provides the corresponding updates for PostgreSQL-9.5 in

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Noah Misch discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain

SQL objects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute

arbitrary SQL functions as the superuser.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
postgresql-9.5 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm8
Available with Ubuntu Pro
postgresql-client-9.5 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm8
Available with Ubuntu Pro

After a standard system update you need to restart PostgreSQL to
make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6968-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6968-1

CVE-2024-7348

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6968-2

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