ALASPOSTGRESQL12-2024-010

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-41862  

In PostgreSQL, a modified, unauthenticated server can send an unterminated string during the establishment of Kerberos transport encryption. In certain conditions a server can cause a libpq client to over-read and report an error message containing uninitialized bytes. (CVE-2022-41862)

ALASPOSTGRESQL12-2024-010


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASPOSTGRESQL12-2024-010
Advisory Release Date: 2024-03-13 20:08 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-03-18 21:28 Pacific
Severity: Low

Issue Overview:

In PostgreSQL, a modified, unauthenticated server can send an unterminated string during the establishment of Kerberos transport encryption. In certain conditions a server can cause a libpq client to over-read and report an error message containing uninitialized bytes. (CVE-2022-41862)


Affected Packages:

libpq


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql12 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.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    libpq-12.15-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    libpq-devel-12.15-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    libpq-debuginfo-12.15-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

i686:
    libpq-12.15-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    libpq-devel-12.15-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    libpq-debuginfo-12.15-1.amzn2.0.1.i686

src:
    libpq-12.15-1.amzn2.0.1.src

x86_64:
    libpq-12.15-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    libpq-devel-12.15-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    libpq-debuginfo-12.15-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64