USN-5038-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

12 August 2021

Several security issues were fixed in PostgreSQL.

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Details

It was discovered that the PostgresQL planner could create incorrect plans
in certain circumstances. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
PostgreSQL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain
sensitive information from memory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04
LTS and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-3677)

It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain SSL
renegotiation ClientHello messages from clients. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause PostgreSQL to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2021-3449)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04

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.

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