USN-5765-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability

Publication date

7 December 2022

Overview

PostgreSQL could allow unintended access to network services.

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.

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.

Update instructions

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
16.04 xenial postgresql-9.5 –  9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3  

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