SB2018120705 - Amazon Linux AMI update for postgresql96 



SB2018120705 - Amazon Linux AMI update for postgresql96

Published: December 7, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018120705
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 33% Low 67%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


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.


2) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10915)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable script and execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain administrative access to vulnerable web application.


3) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1115)

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists in the pg_catalog.pg_logfile_rotate() function due to improper Access Control List (ACL) restrictions as it does not follow the same ACLs as the pg_rorate_logfile function. A remote attacker can connect to the database and cause the target software to force log rotation, write log messages across arbitrary log files or cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.