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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2021.0211 libpq security update 19 January 2021 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: libpq Publisher: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2020-25696 CVE-2020-25694 Reference: ESB-2021.0104 Original Bulletin: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0165 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: libpq security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:0165-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0165 Issue date: 2021-01-18 CVE Names: CVE-2020-25694 CVE-2020-25696 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for libpq is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 3. Description: The libpq package provides the PostgreSQL client library, which allows client programs to connect to PostgreSQL servers. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: libpq (12.5). (BZ#1898226, BZ#1901561) Security Fix(es): * postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings (CVE-2020-25694) * postgresql: psql's \gset allows overwriting specially treated variables (CVE-2020-25696) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1894423 - CVE-2020-25694 postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings 1894430 - CVE-2020-25696 postgresql: psql's \gset allows overwriting specially treated variables 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1): Source: libpq-12.5-2.el8_1.src.rpm aarch64: libpq-12.5-2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm libpq-debuginfo-12.5-2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm libpq-debugsource-12.5-2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm libpq-devel-12.5-2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm ppc64le: libpq-12.5-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm libpq-debuginfo-12.5-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm libpq-debugsource-12.5-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm libpq-devel-12.5-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm s390x: libpq-12.5-2.el8_1.s390x.rpm libpq-debuginfo-12.5-2.el8_1.s390x.rpm libpq-debugsource-12.5-2.el8_1.s390x.rpm libpq-devel-12.5-2.el8_1.s390x.rpm libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-2.el8_1.s390x.rpm x86_64: libpq-12.5-2.el8_1.i686.rpm libpq-12.5-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm libpq-debuginfo-12.5-2.el8_1.i686.rpm libpq-debuginfo-12.5-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm libpq-debugsource-12.5-2.el8_1.i686.rpm libpq-debugsource-12.5-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm libpq-devel-12.5-2.el8_1.i686.rpm libpq-devel-12.5-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-2.el8_1.i686.rpm libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25694 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25696 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. 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