SB2020032632 - Red Hat Software Collections update for rh-postgresql10-postgresql

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SB2020032632 - Red Hat Software Collections update for rh-postgresql10-postgresql

Published: March 26, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020032632
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10164)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing users passwords. A remote authenticated user can change his/her password to a specially crafted string, trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system or crash the PostgreSQL process.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


2) Improper Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1720)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform unauthorized modification of data in database.

The vulnerability exists due to the ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION sub-commands do not perform authorization checks, which can allow an unprivileged user to drop any function, procedure, materialized view, index, or trigger under certain conditions. This attack is possible if an administrator has installed an extension and an unprivileged user can CREATE, or an extension owner either executes DROP EXTENSION predictably or can be convinced to execute DROP EXTENSION.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References