MGASA-2023-0324 - Updated postgresql packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 22 Nov 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0324.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8, 9
CVE: CVE-2023-5868,
     CVE-2023-5869,
     CVE-2023-5870

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities:

Memory disclosure in aggregate function calls. (CVE-2023-5868)

Buffer overrun from integer overflow in array modification.
(CVE-2023-5869)

Role pg_signal_backend can signal certain superuser processes.
(CVE-2023-5870)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32514
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-161-155-1410-1313-1217-and-1122-released-2749/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5868
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5869
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5870

SRPMS:
- 8/core/postgresql13-13.13-1.mga8
- 8/core/postgresql11-11.22-1.mga8
- 9/core/postgresql15-15.5-1.mga9
- 9/core/postgresql13-13.13-1.mga9

Mageia 2023-0324: postgresql security update

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities: Memory disclosure in aggregate function calls

Summary

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Memory disclosure in aggregate function calls. (CVE-2023-5868)
Buffer overrun from integer overflow in array modification. (CVE-2023-5869)
Role pg_signal_backend can signal certain superuser processes. (CVE-2023-5870)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32514

- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-161-155-1410-1313-1217-and-1122-released-2749/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5868

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5869

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5870

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0324 - Updated postgresql packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 8/core/postgresql13-13.13-1.mga8

- 8/core/postgresql11-11.22-1.mga8

- 9/core/postgresql15-15.5-1.mga9

- 9/core/postgresql13-13.13-1.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 22 Nov 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0324.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-5868, CVE-2023-5869, CVE-2023-5870

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