Moderate: postgresql security update

Topic

An update for postgresql is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

Security Fix(es):

• postgresql: Extension scripts replace objects not belonging to the extension. (CVE-2022-2625)
• postgresql: Client memory disclosure when connecting with Kerberos to modified server (CVE-2022-41862)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

If the postgresql service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing this update.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 9 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 9 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2113825 - CVE-2022-2625 postgresql: Extension scripts replace objects not belonging to the extension.
• BZ - 2165722 - CVE-2022-41862 postgresql: Client memory disclosure when connecting with Kerberos to modified server

CVEs

• CVE-2022-2625
• CVE-2022-41862

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate