USN-6230-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability
Severity
Medium
Vendor
VMware Tanzu
Versions Affected
- Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
Description
Alexander Lakhin discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain CREATE privileges. An authenticated user could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap supervisor. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6230-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: postgresql-doc-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 postgresql-plperl-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 postgresql-server-dev-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 postgresql-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 postgresql-plpython-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 libecpg6 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 postgresql-client-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 libpq5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 postgresql-contrib-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 libpgtypes3 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 libecpg-dev - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 postgresql-pltcl-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 libpq-dev - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 postgresql-plpython3-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 libecpg-compat3 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-2454
Affected VMware Products and Versions
Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.
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Operations Manager
- 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.9
Mitigation
Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:
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Operations Manager
- 2.10.9
References
History
2023-08-02: Initial vulnerability report published.