SB2018121312 - Red Hat update for postgresql
Published: December 13, 2018 Updated: December 17, 2018
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1053)
A vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.The vulnerability exists due to insufficient security restrictions. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information.
2) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1058)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists in the pg_dump function due to improper security restrictions. A local attacker can submit a malicious function in separate namespaces and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
3) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10915)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable script and execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain administrative access to vulnerable web application.
4) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10925)
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper check authorization on certain statements involved with "INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE". A remote attacker with "CREATE TABLE" privileges can read arbitrary bytes server memory.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.