USN-4972-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 21.04
• Ubuntu 20.10
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

• postgresql-10 - Object-relational SQL database
• postgresql-12 - Object-relational SQL database
• postgresql-13 - Object-relational SQL database

Details

Tom Lane discovered that PostgreSQL incorrect handled certain array
subscripting calculations. An authenticated attacker could possibly use
this issue to overwrite server memory and escalate privileges.
(CVE-2021-32027)

Andres Freund discovered that PostgreSQL incorrect handled certain
INSERT ... ON CONFLICT ... DO UPDATE commands. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to read server memory and obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2021-32028)

Tom Lane discovered that PostgreSQL incorrect handled certain UPDATE ...
RETURNING commands. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read
server memory and obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10, and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-32029)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 21.04

• postgresql-13 - 13.3-0ubuntu0.21.04.1

Ubuntu 20.10

• postgresql-12 - 12.7-0ubuntu0.20.10.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• postgresql-12 - 12.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• postgresql-10 - 10.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart PostgreSQL to
make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2021-32029
• CVE-2021-32028
• CVE-2021-32027

Related notices

• USN-5645-1