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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.

  • 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:

  • Operations Manager
    • 2.10.9

References

History

2023-08-02: Initial vulnerability report published.