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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4269-1 (postgresql-9.6 - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

5 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

Two vulnerabilities have been found in the PostgreSQL database system: CVE-2018-10915 Andrew Krasichkov discovered that libpq did not reset all its connection state during reconnects. CVE-2018-10925It was discovered that some CREATE TABLE statements could disclose server memory.

Affected Software

Affected Software

postgresql-9.6 on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 9.6.10-0+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-9.6 packages. For the detailed security status of postgresql-9.6 please refer to its security tracker page linked in the references.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)