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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-5870): PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 6, 2023
Added
Dec 7, 2023
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL involving the pg_cancel_backend role that signals background workers, including the logical replication launcher, autovacuum workers, and the autovacuum launcher. Successful exploitation requires a non-core extension with a less-resilient background worker and would affect that specific background worker only. This issue may allow a remote high privileged user to launch a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-postgresql-10ubuntu-pro-upgrade-postgresql-9-5ubuntu-pro-upgrade-postgresql-client-10ubuntu-pro-upgrade-postgresql-client-9-5ubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-12ubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-14ubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-15ubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-client-12ubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-client-14ubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-client-15
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