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Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7579-01
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7579-01 - An update for the postgresql:13 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support. Issues addressed include integer overflow and remote SQL injection vulnerabilities.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: postgresql:13 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:7579-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7579
Issue date: 2023-11-29
Revision: 01
CVE Names: CVE-2023-5868
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Summary:
An update for the postgresql:13 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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: Buffer overrun from integer overflow in array modification (CVE-2023-5869)
postgresql: Memory disclosure in aggregate function calls (CVE-2023-5868)
postgresql: extension script @substitutions@ within quoting allow SQL injection (CVE-2023-39417)
postgresql: Role pg_signal_backend can signal certain superuser processes. (CVE-2023-5870)
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:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
CVEs:
CVE-2023-5868
References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228111
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247168
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247169
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247170
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