USN-6968-3: PostgreSQL vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• postgresql-10 - Object-relational SQL database
• postgresql-9.3 - Object-relational SQL database

Details

USN-6968-1 fixed CVE-2024-7348 in PostgreSQL-12, PostgreSQL-14, and
PostgreSQL-16.

This update provides the corresponding updates for PostgreSQL-9.3 in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and PostgreSQL-10 in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Noah Misch discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain
SQL objects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary SQL functions as the superuser.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04

• postgresql-10 - 10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• postgresql-client-10 - 10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04

• postgresql-9.3 - 9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• postgresql-client-9.3 - 9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2024-7348

Related notices

• USN-6968-1: postgresql-pltcl-14, postgresql-client-14, postgresql-server-dev-14, libecpg-compat3, postgresql-16, postgresql-client-12, postgresql-pltcl-16, postgresql-plperl-16, postgresql-client-16, postgresql-doc-16, postgresql-plpython3-16, postgresql-plperl-12, postgresql-doc-12, libpgtypes3, libpq5, libpq-dev, postgresql-12, postgresql-pltcl-12, postgresql-plpython3-12, postgresql-plpython3-14, postgresql-doc-14, postgresql-server-dev-16, postgresql-plperl-14, postgresql-server-dev-12, libecpg-dev, libecpg6, postgresql-14
• USN-6968-2: postgresql-9.5, libecpg-dev, postgresql-plpython3-9.5, libecpg6, libpq5, postgresql-server-dev-9.5, libpq-dev, postgresql-doc-9.5, postgresql-pltcl-9.5, postgresql-plperl-9.5, postgresql-client-9.5, postgresql-contrib-9.5, postgresql-plpython-9.5, libpgtypes3, libecpg-compat3