USN-7358-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

19 March 2025

Several security issues were fixed in PostgreSQL.

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Wolfgang Walther discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly tracked tables with
row security. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform
forbidden reads and modifications. (CVE-2024-10976)

Jacob Champion discovered that PostgreSQL clients used untrusted server
error messages. An attacker that is able to intercept network
communications could possibly use this issue to inject error messages that
could be interpreted as valid query results. (CVE-2024-10977)

Tom Lane discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain privilege
assignments. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to view or
change different rows from those intended. (CVE-2024-10978)

Coby Abrams discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled environment
variables. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-10979)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04

After a standard system update you need to restart PostgreSQL to make all
the necessary changes.

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