ALAS2-2018-1080

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2018-1080
Advisory Release Date: 2018-09-20 18:43 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2018-09-25 17:48 Pacific
Severity: Important
Issue Overview:

A vulnerability was found in libpq, the default PostgreSQL client library where libpq failed to properly reset its internal state between connections. If an affected version of libpq were used with "host" or "hostaddr" connection parameters from untrusted input, attackers could bypass client-side connection security features, obtain access to higher privileged connections or potentially cause other impact through SQL injection, by causing the PQescape() functions to malfunction.(CVE-2018-10915)


Affected Packages:

postgresql


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update postgresql to update your system.

New Packages:
i686:
    postgresql-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-libs-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-server-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-docs-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-contrib-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-devel-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-static-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-upgrade-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-plperl-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-plpython-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-pltcl-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-test-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.i686

src:
    postgresql-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.src

x86_64:
    postgresql-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-libs-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-server-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-docs-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-contrib-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-devel-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-static-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-upgrade-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-plperl-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-plpython-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-pltcl-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-test-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.24-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-10915

Mitre: CVE-2018-10915