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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2020-5638-01 Critical libpq Security Alert

An update for libpq is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: libpq security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:5638-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5638 Issue date: 2020-12-21 CVE Names: CVE-2020-25694 CVE-2020-25696 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for libpq is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 3. Description: The libpq package provides the PostgreSQL client library, which allows client programs to connect to PostgreSQL servers. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: libpq (12.5). (BZ#1898225, BZ#1901562) Security Fix(es): * postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings (CVE-2020-25694) * postgresql: psql's gset allows overwriting specially treated variables (CVE-2020-25696) 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. 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, referto: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1894423 - CVE-2020-25694 postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings 1894430 - CVE-2020-25696 postgresql: psql's gset allows overwriting specially treated variables 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0): Source: libpq-12.5-1.el8_0.src.rpm aarch64: libpq-12.5-1.el8_0.aarch64.rpm libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_0.aarch64.rpm libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_0.aarch64.rpm libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_0.aarch64.rpm libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_0.aarch64.rpm ppc64le: libpq-12.5-1.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm s390x: libpq-12.5-1.el8_0.s390x.rpm libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_0.s390x.rpm libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_0.s390x.rpm libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_0.s390x.rpm libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_0.s390x.rpm x86_64: libpq-12.5-1.el8_0.i686.rpm libpq-12.5-1.el8_0.x86_64.rpm libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_0.i686.rpm libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_0.x86_64.rpm libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_0.i686.rpm libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_0.x86_64.rpm libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_0.i686.rpm libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_0.x86_64.rpm libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_0.i686.rpm libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_0.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25694 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25696 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . 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You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Crucial libpq upgrade for Red Hat Enterprise Linux tackling vulnerabilities within the PostgreSQL client library.. Red Hat Advisory, Libpq Update, PostgreSQL Client, Important Linux Fix, Security Alert. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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