Moderate: postgresql-jdbc security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-41946  

Synopsis

Moderate: postgresql-jdbc security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

An update for postgresql-jdbc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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.

Description

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system. The postgresql-jdbc package includes the .jar files needed for Java programs to access a PostgreSQL database.

Security Fix(es):

  • postgresql-jdbc: Information leak of prepared statement data due to insecure temporary file permissions (CVE-2022-41946)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

If the postgresql service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing this update.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.2 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.2 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.2 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.2 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.2 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.2 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 2153399 - CVE-2022-41946 postgresql-jdbc: Information leak of prepared statement data due to insecure temporary file permissions