SB2019072103 - OpenSUSE Linux update for postgresql10
Published: July 21, 2019
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10130)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect implementation of row security policies. A remote attacker can use statistics, generated for tables to bypass row security policies and gain access to restricted rows.
2) 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.