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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201811-24
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: PostgreSQL: SQL injection
Date: November 30, 2018
Bugs: #670724
ID: 201811-24

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Synopsis
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A SQL injection in PostgreSQL may allow attackers to execute arbitrary
SQL statements.

Background
==========

PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database management
system.

Affected packages
=================

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-db/postgresql *< 9.3.25 *>= 9.3.25
*< 9.4.20 *>= 9.4.20
*< 9.5.15 *>= 9.5.15
*< 9.6.11 *>= 9.6.11
*< 10.6 *>= 10.6
< 11.1 >= 11.1

Description
===========

A vulnerability was discovered in PostgreSQL’s pg_upgrade and pg_dump.

Impact
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An attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted trigger
definition, can execute arbitrary SQL statements with superuser
privileges.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All PostgreSQL 9.3.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-db/postgresql-9.3.25”

All PostgreSQL 9.4.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-db/postgresql-9.4.20”

All PostgreSQL 9.5.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-db/postgresql-9.5.15”

All PostgreSQL 9.6.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-db/postgresql-9.6.11”

All PostgreSQL 10.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-db/postgresql-10.6”

All PostgreSQL 11.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-db/postgresql-11.1”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2018-16850
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16850

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-24

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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