ALAS-2024-2462

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-2454  

This enabled an attacker having database-level CREATE privilege to execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap superuser. Database owners have that right by default, and explicit grants may extend it to other users. (CVE-2023-2454)

ALAS-2024-2462


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2462
Advisory Release Date: 2024-02-15 03:52 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-02-19 17:36 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

This enabled an attacker having database-level CREATE privilege to execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap superuser. Database owners have that right by default, and explicit grants may extend it to other users. (CVE-2023-2454)


Affected Packages:

postgresql


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update postgresql to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    postgresql-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    postgresql-libs-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    postgresql-server-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    postgresql-docs-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    postgresql-contrib-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    postgresql-devel-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    postgresql-static-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    postgresql-upgrade-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    postgresql-plperl-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    postgresql-plpython-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    postgresql-pltcl-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    postgresql-test-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.aarch64

i686:
    postgresql-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.i686
    postgresql-libs-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.i686
    postgresql-server-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.i686
    postgresql-docs-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.i686
    postgresql-contrib-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.i686
    postgresql-devel-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.i686
    postgresql-static-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.i686
    postgresql-upgrade-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.i686
    postgresql-plperl-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.i686
    postgresql-plpython-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.i686
    postgresql-pltcl-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.i686
    postgresql-test-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.i686
    postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.i686

src:
    postgresql-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.src

x86_64:
    postgresql-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    postgresql-libs-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    postgresql-server-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    postgresql-docs-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    postgresql-contrib-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    postgresql-devel-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    postgresql-static-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    postgresql-upgrade-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    postgresql-plperl-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    postgresql-plpython-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    postgresql-pltcl-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    postgresql-test-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.2.x86_64