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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-1058: Security patch for postgresql93, postgresql94, postgresql95, postgresql96 (ALAS-2018-990)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-1058: Security patch for postgresql93, postgresql94, postgresql95, postgresql96 (ALAS-2018-990)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/01/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/06/2018
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

A flaw was found in the way Postgresql allowed a user to modify the behavior of a query for other users. An attacker with a user account could use this flaw to execute code with the permissions of superuser in the database. Versions 9.3 through 10 are affected.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade--postgresql94
  • amazon-linux-upgrade--postgresql95
  • amazon-linux-upgrade--postgresql96
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-postgresql93

References

  • ALAS-2018-990
  • USN-3589-1
  • CVE-2018-1058

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