Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-3589-1

USN-3589-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability

Publication date

6 March 2018

Overview

PostgreSQL could be made to execute arbitrary code.

Releases

17.10 16.04 LTS 14.04 LTS

Packages

postgresql-9.3 - Object-relational SQL database
postgresql-9.5 - Object-relational SQL database
postgresql-9.6 - Object-relational SQL database

Details

It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain settings.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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:

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
17.10 artful	postgresql-9.6 – 9.6.8-0ubuntu0.17.10
16.04 xenial	postgresql-9.5 – 9.5.12-0ubuntu0.16.04
14.04 trusty	postgresql-9.3 – 9.3.22-0ubuntu0.14.04

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References

CVE-2018-1058