Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1482
Advisory Release Date: 2020-09-01 00:40 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-09-02 17:46 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (aka PgJDBC) before 42.2.13 allows XXE. A flaw was found in PostgreSQL JDBC in versions prior to 42.2.13. An XML External Entity (XXE) weakness was found in PostgreSQL JDBC. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and system availability. (CVE-2020-13692)
Affected Packages:
postgresql-jdbc
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-jdbc to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
postgresql-jdbc-9.2.1002-8.amzn2.noarch
postgresql-jdbc-javadoc-9.2.1002-8.amzn2.noarch
src:
postgresql-jdbc-9.2.1002-8.amzn2.src