USN-3972-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
postgresql-10, postgresql-11, postgresql-9.5 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in PostgreSQL.
Software Description
- postgresql-11 – object-relational SQL database
- postgresql-10 – Object-relational SQL database
- postgresql-9.5 – Object-relational SQL database
Details
It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled partition routing. A
remote user could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary bytes of server
memory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.04. (CVE-2019-10129)
Dean Rasheed discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled selectivity
estimators. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass row
security policies. (CVE-2019-10130)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- postgresql-11 – 11.3-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
- Ubuntu 18.10
- postgresql-10 – 10.8-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- postgresql-10 – 10.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- postgresql-9.5 – 9.5.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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.
References
Source: USN-3972-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
