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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-7315-2 critical: PostgreSQL arbitrary code execution

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Calendar Grey April 30, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Immediate action required to address the arbitrary code execution vulnerability found in PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, necessitating an urgent system restart to apply necessary updates.
PostgreSQL could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

PostgreSQL could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received specially

crafted input.

Software Description:

- postgresql-10: Object-relational SQL database

Details:

USN-7315-1 fixed a vulnerability in PostgreSQL. This update provides the

corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

 Stephen Fewer discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled quoting

 syntax in certain scenarios. A remote attacker could possibly use this

 issue to perform SQL injection attacks.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   postgresql-10                   10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   postgresql-client-10            10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm3
                                   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-7315-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7315-1

  CVE-2025-1094

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7315-2

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