SB2020082527 - Ubuntu update for postgresql-10
Published: August 25, 2020 Updated: April 23, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Untrusted search path (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14349)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the database.
The vulnerability exists due to the way PostgreSQL handles search_path during replications. Users of a
replication publisher or subscriber database can create objects in the public
schema and harness them to execute arbitrary SQL functions under the identity
running replication, often a superuser.
2) Untrusted search path (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14350)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the database.
The vulnerability exists due to the way PostgreSQL handles CREATE EXTENSION statements. A remote user with permission to create objects in the new extension's schema
or a schema of a prerequisite extension can execute arbitrary SQL functions under the identity of the superuser in certain cases.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.