ALAS-2023-1661

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-23214  

When the server is configured to use trust authentication with a clientcert requirement or to use cert authentication, a man-in-the-middle attacker can inject arbitrary SQL queries when a connection is first established, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption. (CVE-2021-23214)

ALAS-2023-1661


Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1661
Advisory Release Date: 2023-01-18 20:56 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-01-24 17:23 Pacific
Severity: Medium
References: CVE-2021-23214 

Issue Overview:

When the server is configured to use trust authentication with a clientcert requirement or to use cert authentication, a man-in-the-middle attacker can inject arbitrary SQL queries when a connection is first established, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption. (CVE-2021-23214)


Affected Packages:

postgresql96


Issue Correction:
Run yum update postgresql96 to update your system.

New Packages:
i686:
    postgresql96-plperl-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.i686
    postgresql96-contrib-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.i686
    postgresql96-docs-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.i686
    postgresql96-test-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.i686
    postgresql96-server-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.i686
    postgresql96-devel-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.i686
    postgresql96-plpython26-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.i686
    postgresql96-static-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.i686
    postgresql96-libs-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.i686
    postgresql96-plpython27-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.i686
    postgresql96-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.i686
    postgresql96-debuginfo-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.i686

src:
    postgresql96-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    postgresql96-plpython27-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql96-devel-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql96-test-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql96-debuginfo-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql96-contrib-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql96-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql96-plperl-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql96-plpython26-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql96-libs-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql96-static-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql96-docs-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql96-server-9.6.24-1.86.amzn1.x86_64