Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 16.04

Description

It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain extension script substitutions. An attacker having database-level CREATE privileges can use this issue to execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap superuser. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6366-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: postgresql-doc-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5 postgresql-plperl-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5 postgresql-server-dev-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5 postgresql-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5 postgresql-plpython-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5 libecpg6 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5 postgresql-client-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5 libpq-dev - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5 postgresql-contrib-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5 libpgtypes3 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5 libecpg-dev - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5 postgresql-pltcl-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5 libpq5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5 postgresql-plpython3-9.5 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5 libecpg-compat3 - 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-39417

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Operations Manager
  • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.9

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

• Operations Manager
  • 2.10.9

References

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-39417
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6366-1

History

2023-10-18: Initial vulnerability report published.