DSA-4622-1 postgresql-9.6 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4622-1 postgresql-9.6 -- security update

Date Reported:

13 Feb 2020

Affected Packages:

postgresql-9.6

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-1720.

More information:

Tom Lane discovered that ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION sub commands in the PostgreSQL database did not perform authorisation checks.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 9.6.17-0+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-9.6 packages.

For the detailed security status of postgresql-9.6 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/postgresql-9.6