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USN-5765-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability

7 December 2022

PostgreSQL could allow unintended access to network services.

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Releases

Packages

Details

Jacob Champion discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled SSL
certificate verification and encryption. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to inject arbitrary SQL queries when a connection is first
established.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04

After a standard system update you need to restart PostgreSQL to make all the
necessary changes.

References

Related notices

  • USN-5145-1: libpq5, postgresql-plpython3-13, postgresql-pltcl-13, postgresql-server-dev-13, postgresql-plpython3-10, libecpg6, postgresql-doc-13, postgresql-doc-10, postgresql-server-dev-12, postgresql-pltcl-10, libpq-dev, postgresql-plperl-12, postgresql-12, postgresql-client-13, libecpg-compat3, postgresql-pltcl-12, postgresql-client-12, postgresql-doc-12, postgresql-client-10, postgresql-plperl-10, postgresql-server-dev-10, postgresql-plperl-13, postgresql-plpython3-12, libpgtypes3, postgresql-13, postgresql-plpython-10, libecpg-dev, postgresql-10