SB2023112952 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support update for the postgresql:13 module
Published: November 29, 2023
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 8 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2454)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions. A remote database user with CREATE privilege can bypass protective search_path changes via "CREATE SCHEMA ... schema_element" command and execute arbitrary code on the system.
2) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5869)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in array modification. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
3) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2625)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the database.
The vulnerability exists due to extension scripts can replace objects that do not belong to the extension when using the CREATE OR REPLACE or CREATE IF NOT EXISTS commands. A remote user with (1) permissions to create non-temporary objects in at least one schema, (2) ability to lure
or wait for an administrator to create or update an affected extension
in that schema, and (3) ability to lure or wait for a victim to use the
object targeted in CREATE OR REPLACE or CREATE IF NOT EXISTS can run arbitrary code as the victim role.
4) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2455)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU40402 (CVE-2016-2193) that did not anticipate a scenario involving function inlining. This scenario can happen under security definer functions or when a common user and query is planned initially and then re-used across multiple SET ROLEs. Applying an incorrect policy may permit a user to complete otherwise-forbidden reads and modifications.
This affects only databases that have used CREATE POLICY to define a row security policy.
5) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5868)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application in the aggregate function calls when handling "unknown"-type arguments. A remote user can read parts of system memory.
6) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-39417)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within the extension script @substitutions@, which uses @extowner@, @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
7) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41862)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition. A remote attacker can send an unterminated string during the establishment of Kerberos transport encryption, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
8) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5870)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to pg_cancel_backend rolse signals background workers, including the logical replication launcher, autovacuum workers and the autovacuum launcher. A remote privileged user can abuse this behavior and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.