Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-5571-1

USN-5571-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability

Publication date

18 August 2022

Overview

PostgreSQL could be made to run programs when creating or updating extensions.

Releases

22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS

Packages

postgresql-10 - Object-relational SQL database
postgresql-12 - Object-relational SQL database
postgresql-14 - Object-relational SQL database

Details

Sven Klemm discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled extensions. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code when
extensions are created or updated.

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
22.04 jammy	postgresql-14 – 14.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 focal	postgresql-12 – 12.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 bionic	postgresql-10 – 10.22-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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References

CVE-2022-2625

CVE-2022-2625