SB2018080917 - Information disclosure in postgresql (Alpine package)
Published: August 9, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018080917
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10925)
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper check authorization on certain statements involved with "INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE". A remote attacker with "CREATE TABLE" privileges can read arbitrary bytes server memory.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5600c80ab97b0bed725ec1c24f981a765e54593b
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2b95c8929982c3ff86b48ffe921cf9ddff6aeebd
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5f580c412de14f7329bf77293a1c8bbce8a74d48
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1765dfdaf0a20e235c2c0012e7d606108cfc0e51
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=327bbe106576576c4936cbe91326975ef45ad0c5
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=142c9bf9b9b11c11bea7ddc0a791738c9e17bb38
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=8c0fad0c3bb567a75ab8c20e15d9b29a13b15dbe