ALAS-2023-1759

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-2023-1759


Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1759
Advisory Release Date: 2023-06-05 16:39 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-06-08 23:39 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:

postgresql92


Issue Correction:
Run yum update postgresql92 to update your system.

New Packages:
i686:
    postgresql92-debuginfo-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.i686
    postgresql92-devel-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.i686
    postgresql92-libs-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.i686
    postgresql92-docs-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.i686
    postgresql92-plpython26-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.i686
    postgresql92-pltcl-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.i686
    postgresql92-server-compat-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.i686
    postgresql92-plperl-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.i686
    postgresql92-contrib-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.i686
    postgresql92-server-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.i686
    postgresql92-plpython27-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.i686
    postgresql92-test-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.i686
    postgresql92-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.i686

src:
    postgresql92-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    postgresql92-docs-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql92-plpython27-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql92-test-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql92-plperl-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql92-contrib-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql92-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql92-libs-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql92-server-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql92-debuginfo-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql92-pltcl-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql92-plpython26-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql92-devel-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.x86_64
    postgresql92-server-compat-9.2.24-3.69.amzn1.x86_64