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Ubuntu: USN-3589-1 (CVE-2018-1058): PostgreSQL vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3589-1 (CVE-2018-1058): PostgreSQL vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/01/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/25/2018
Modified
03/02/2020

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-9-3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-9-5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-9-6

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