Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

Jacob Champion discovered that the PostgreSQL client incorrectly handled Kerberos authentication. If a user or automated system were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-5906-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: postgresql-server-dev-12 - 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libecpg-dev - 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libecpg6 - 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libpq-dev - 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libpgtypes3 - 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 postgresql-plperl-12 - 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 postgresql-pltcl-12 - 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 postgresql-plpython3-12 - 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libpq5 - 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 postgresql-doc-12 - 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 postgresql-12 - 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 postgresql-client-12 - 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libecpg-compat3 - 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 No subscription required

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-41862

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Isolation Segment
  • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.8
• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
  • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.8

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:

• Isolation Segment
  • 3.0.8
  • 4.0.0+LTS-T
• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
  • 3.0.8
  • 4.0.0+LTS-T

References

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-41862
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5906-1
• https://cloudfoundry.org/blog/usn-5906-1

History

2023-05-22: Initial vulnerability report published.