USN-4027-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability
USN-4027-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability postgresql-10, postgresql-11 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary PostgreSQL could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description postgresql-11 – Object-relational SQL database postgresql-10 – Object-relational SQL database Details Alexander Lakhin discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled authentication. An authenticated attacker or a rogue server could use this issue to cause PostgreSQL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. The default compiler options for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 postgresql-11 – 11.4-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 Ubuntu 18.10 postgresql-10 – 10.9-0ubuntu0.18.10.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS postgresql-10 – 10.9-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 To update your [ more… ]