USN-6104-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

Publication date

24 May 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in PostgreSQL.


Packages

Details

Alexander Lakhin discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain
CREATE privileges. An authenticated user could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap supervisor. (CVE-2023-2454)

Wolfgang Walther discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain row
security policies. An authenticated user could possibly use this issue to
complete otherwise forbidden reads and modifications. (CVE-2023-2455)

Alexander Lakhin discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain
CREATE privileges. An authenticated user could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap supervisor. (CVE-2023-2454)

Wolfgang Walther discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain row
security policies. An authenticated user could possibly use this issue to
complete otherwise forbidden reads and modifications. (CVE-2023-2455)

Update instructions

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart PostgreSQL to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:


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