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RHSA-2020:5567

16/12/2020

23/5/2024

RHSA-2020:5567: Important: postgresql:10 security update

First published: Wed Dec 16 2020(Updated: )

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).<br>The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: postgresql (10.15).<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings (CVE-2020-25694)</li> <li> postgresql: Multiple features escape "security restricted operation" sandbox (CVE-2020-25695)</li> <li> postgresql: psql's \gset allows overwriting specially treated variables (CVE-2020-25696)</li> For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
redhat/postgresql	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-contrib	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-contrib-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-debugsource	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-docs	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-docs-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-plperl	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-plperl-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-plpython3	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-plpython3-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-pltcl	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-pltcl-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-server	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-server-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-server-devel	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-server-devel-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-static	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-test	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-test-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-test-rpm-macros	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-upgrade	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-upgrade-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-upgrade-devel	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-upgrade-devel-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-contrib	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-contrib-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-debugsource	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-docs	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-docs-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-plperl	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-plperl-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-plpython3	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-plpython3-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-pltcl	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-pltcl-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-server	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-server-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-server-devel	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-server-devel-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-static	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-test	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-test-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-test-rpm-macros	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-upgrade	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-upgrade-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-upgrade-devel	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-upgrade-devel-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-contrib	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-contrib-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-debugsource	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-docs	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-docs-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-plperl	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-plperl-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-plpython3	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-plpython3-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-pltcl	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-pltcl-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-server	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-server-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-server-devel	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-server-devel-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-static	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-test	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-test-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-test-rpm-macros	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-upgrade	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-upgrade-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-upgrade-devel	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql-upgrade-devel-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f
redhat/postgresql	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-contrib	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-contrib-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-debugsource	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-docs	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-docs-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-plperl	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-plperl-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-plpython3	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-plpython3-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-pltcl	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-pltcl-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-server	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-server-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-server-devel	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-server-devel-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-static	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-test	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-test-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-test-rpm-macros	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-upgrade	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-upgrade-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-upgrade-devel	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa
redhat/postgresql-upgrade-devel-debuginfo	<10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa	10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f.aa

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What is the severity of RHSA-2020:5567?
The severity of RHSA-2020:5567 is classified as important.
How do I fix RHSA-2020:5567?
To fix RHSA-2020:5567, upgrade to the postgresql package version 10.15-1.module+el8.3.0+8944+1ca16b1f or later.
What vulnerabilities are addressed in RHSA-2020:5567?
RHSA-2020:5567 addresses vulnerabilities related to potential downgrading of connection security settings in PostgreSQL.
Which packages are affected by RHSA-2020:5567?
The affected packages in RHSA-2020:5567 include postgresql, postgresql-contrib, and various development and debug packages associated with PostgreSQL.
Is RHSA-2020:5567 applicable to all systems?
RHSA-2020:5567 is specifically applicable to systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 with the affected package versions.

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