Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASPOSTGRESQL14-2024-005
Advisory Release Date: 2024-01-19 02:20 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-01-19 02:20 Pacific
While modifying certain SQL array values, missing overflow checks let authenticated database users write arbitrary bytes to a memory area that facilitates arbitrary code execution. Missing overflow checks also let authenticated database users read a wide area of server memory. The CVE-2021-32027 fix covered some attacks of this description, but it missed others. (CVE-2023-5869)
Affected Packages:
libpq
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Extras and this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update libpq to update your system.
aarch64:
libpq-14.10-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
libpq-devel-14.10-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
libpq-debuginfo-14.10-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
src:
libpq-14.10-1.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
libpq-14.10-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
libpq-devel-14.10-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
libpq-debuginfo-14.10-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64