USN-6968-2: PostgreSQL vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• postgresql-9.5 - Object-relational SQL database

Details

USN-6968-1 fixed CVE-2024-7348 in PostgreSQL-12, PostgreSQL-14, and
PostgreSQL-16

This update provides the corresponding updates for PostgreSQL-9.5 in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Noah Misch discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain
SQL objects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary SQL functions as the superuser.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04

• postgresql-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm8
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• postgresql-client-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm8
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

After a standard system update you need to restart PostgreSQL to
make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2024-7348

Related notices

• USN-6968-1: postgresql-plpython3-14, postgresql-client-12, postgresql-server-dev-14, postgresql-server-dev-12, postgresql-pltcl-12, postgresql-doc-12, postgresql-plpython3-12, postgresql-pltcl-16, libpgtypes3, postgresql-doc-14, libecpg6, postgresql-pltcl-14, postgresql-client-14, postgresql-12, libpq5, postgresql-doc-16, postgresql-server-dev-16, postgresql-plperl-14, libpq-dev, libecpg-compat3, postgresql-plperl-16, postgresql-plpython3-16, postgresql-14, postgresql-plperl-12, libecpg-dev, postgresql-client-16, postgresql-16
• USN-6968-3: postgresql-contrib-9.3, postgresql-9.3, libpgtypes3, postgresql-10, postgresql-plpython3-9.3, postgresql-doc-10, libecpg6, postgresql-pltcl-9.3, libpq5, postgresql-client-9.3, postgresql-pltcl-10, postgresql-server-dev-10, postgresql-client-10, postgresql-doc-9.3, postgresql-server-dev-9.3, libpq-dev, postgresql-plperl-10, postgresql-plpython-9.3, postgresql-plpython-10, postgresql-plpython3-10, libecpg-dev, postgresql-plperl-9.3, libecpg-compat3