SUSE update for postgresql12

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU50655

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3393

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output in the error message. A remote user having an UPDATE privilege on a partitioned table but lacking the SELECT privilege on some column may be able to acquire denied-column values from an error message. This vulnerability is similar to #VU30418.

Mitigation

Update the affected package postgresql12 to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.0

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.0

SUSE Manager Server: 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP: 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-SP1-ESPOS - 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Enterprise Storage: 6

SUSE CaaS Platform: 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15-SP1-BCL - 15-SP1-LTSS

libpq5-32bit-debuginfo: before 12.6-3.21.4

libpq5-32bit: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-docs: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-server-devel-debuginfo: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-server-devel: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-server-debuginfo: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-server: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-pltcl-debuginfo: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-pltcl: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-plpython-debuginfo: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-plpython: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-plperl-debuginfo: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-plperl: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-devel-debuginfo: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-devel: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-debugsource: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-debuginfo: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-contrib-debuginfo: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12-contrib: before 12.6-3.21.4

postgresql12: before 12.6-3.21.4

libpq5-debuginfo: before 12.6-3.21.4

libpq5: before 12.6-3.21.4

libecpg6-debuginfo: before 12.6-3.21.4

libecpg6: before 12.6-3.21.4

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20210695-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.