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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:0057 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2021-01-11
Updated:
2021-01-11

RHSA-2021:0057 - Security Advisory

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  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Important: libpq security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for libpq is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The libpq package provides the PostgreSQL client library, which allows client programs to connect to PostgreSQL servers.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: libpq (12.5). (BZ#1898227, BZ#1901559)

Security Fix(es):

  • postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings (CVE-2020-25694)
  • postgresql: psql's \gset allows overwriting specially treated variables (CVE-2020-25696)

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.2 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.2 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1894423 - CVE-2020-25694 postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings
  • BZ - 1894430 - CVE-2020-25696 postgresql: psql's \gset allows overwriting specially treated variables

CVEs

  • CVE-2020-25694
  • CVE-2020-25696

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.2

SRPM
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 9c266b7fda88166d5d04dea8efb5cace985441a9264f38838806e5a9a5b8394b
x86_64
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3bba7b7342431d8f42ae715bc92fd2b00524df401b0c2696206f25851a1ea05f
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b17be02b2f4289acc48828c33e8b0eac4ce544491ce89a77daee377d750dd7cb
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: f3ecce27d804f84a9d7152a01d28744ca0701c4a85bd2405b1b26730e4039047
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0218497e8ca1dad88b45777b25fb1650ff294b6a185d8a328105a31e8c240bcc
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: fce04e212bce609ea3feace2926208e662ace3e27f9a39ddc6f6b5e3d90fc241
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9e14bf77ea6df9d22932d816e2ddfe938d3068eab2e96d8b275a11ce62bc532
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 51f7f668525c4d0a0f3d6de8225c0f62ad266be0a7b3c2077ad25a6b45bc4cc0
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 51647b59398db3de7b1dc49718986ef3d298361aab83eeb788a894237e2c0322
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8e0b99222b601170795c95407b512f7ee07fef55ff38db9079a7669e4cd9d4c4
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 77bca483812c65b4d8ca23ae7dd7fdae91b08e5817073f90ae836bd78e3f092b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2

SRPM
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 9c266b7fda88166d5d04dea8efb5cace985441a9264f38838806e5a9a5b8394b
x86_64
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3bba7b7342431d8f42ae715bc92fd2b00524df401b0c2696206f25851a1ea05f
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b17be02b2f4289acc48828c33e8b0eac4ce544491ce89a77daee377d750dd7cb
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: f3ecce27d804f84a9d7152a01d28744ca0701c4a85bd2405b1b26730e4039047
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0218497e8ca1dad88b45777b25fb1650ff294b6a185d8a328105a31e8c240bcc
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: fce04e212bce609ea3feace2926208e662ace3e27f9a39ddc6f6b5e3d90fc241
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9e14bf77ea6df9d22932d816e2ddfe938d3068eab2e96d8b275a11ce62bc532
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 51f7f668525c4d0a0f3d6de8225c0f62ad266be0a7b3c2077ad25a6b45bc4cc0
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 51647b59398db3de7b1dc49718986ef3d298361aab83eeb788a894237e2c0322
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8e0b99222b601170795c95407b512f7ee07fef55ff38db9079a7669e4cd9d4c4
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 77bca483812c65b4d8ca23ae7dd7fdae91b08e5817073f90ae836bd78e3f092b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.2

SRPM
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 9c266b7fda88166d5d04dea8efb5cace985441a9264f38838806e5a9a5b8394b
s390x
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 70029494097a3b31bf2935d66a5f132d7280f7804c17caf9c372e2ec6ad5e5d8
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b7183873fef403ea7cba97aae422006c946e423292ef81e7d5de48ada91b789f
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 25eeaa2645d866618c442c1bca96adfed0ec48ff4f4e528fa6e4c90026fd0a3c
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5a6d606e2275969bb89d1458c62d66786a44290db858de6374d7cead255f1ee7
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4fd8ec6d95df562a8280ffb00112ecddca123bbbb4d7dfd9137d8d40ae4479fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.2

SRPM
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 9c266b7fda88166d5d04dea8efb5cace985441a9264f38838806e5a9a5b8394b
ppc64le
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 90cb3e857fbb7f54681753ac01f3fefe44ffee783f3444e26d26143ef57b6102
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 173e0b49667e751493576091e9944e17adcc1545f2a9124bed26d9a217ab8566
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c10ae561ae7d9f7f91e5fe098752cbd9134c59f5f1c6923d346359d9faa78b82
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 38a40d8424a13f644a1993b561d6b0848081bc42338c37906c795b105e8a1eb4
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: bb28734c7e63bf28878d783cb0b9412b3377d645072766f75fbac602abecf467

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2

SRPM
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 9c266b7fda88166d5d04dea8efb5cace985441a9264f38838806e5a9a5b8394b
x86_64
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3bba7b7342431d8f42ae715bc92fd2b00524df401b0c2696206f25851a1ea05f
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b17be02b2f4289acc48828c33e8b0eac4ce544491ce89a77daee377d750dd7cb
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: f3ecce27d804f84a9d7152a01d28744ca0701c4a85bd2405b1b26730e4039047
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0218497e8ca1dad88b45777b25fb1650ff294b6a185d8a328105a31e8c240bcc
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: fce04e212bce609ea3feace2926208e662ace3e27f9a39ddc6f6b5e3d90fc241
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9e14bf77ea6df9d22932d816e2ddfe938d3068eab2e96d8b275a11ce62bc532
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 51f7f668525c4d0a0f3d6de8225c0f62ad266be0a7b3c2077ad25a6b45bc4cc0
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 51647b59398db3de7b1dc49718986ef3d298361aab83eeb788a894237e2c0322
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8e0b99222b601170795c95407b512f7ee07fef55ff38db9079a7669e4cd9d4c4
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 77bca483812c65b4d8ca23ae7dd7fdae91b08e5817073f90ae836bd78e3f092b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.2

SRPM
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 9c266b7fda88166d5d04dea8efb5cace985441a9264f38838806e5a9a5b8394b
aarch64
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b5f833580941ec34a1b20287f92f7ef86c17f33dd2a772184209214abdf3876a
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 85785c51f857c73cf080bbfe168751191d671bff3e4593f30dc34061c8b73e13
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 9b542e64b2387d00ca33d4728bf95db87b963a69a3a5edb22d7cac18937d25fd
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 67ab45a91a849aa51625ef46c3cd349b28ac020eb83c4ee6dba0cfeb7e73c309
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 6f2dc4660149bfbbbc797051bda0c65f2d4dc59b4cb5713179d22c0367982b84

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2

SRPM
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 9c266b7fda88166d5d04dea8efb5cace985441a9264f38838806e5a9a5b8394b
ppc64le
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 90cb3e857fbb7f54681753ac01f3fefe44ffee783f3444e26d26143ef57b6102
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 173e0b49667e751493576091e9944e17adcc1545f2a9124bed26d9a217ab8566
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c10ae561ae7d9f7f91e5fe098752cbd9134c59f5f1c6923d346359d9faa78b82
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 38a40d8424a13f644a1993b561d6b0848081bc42338c37906c795b105e8a1eb4
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: bb28734c7e63bf28878d783cb0b9412b3377d645072766f75fbac602abecf467

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2

SRPM
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 9c266b7fda88166d5d04dea8efb5cace985441a9264f38838806e5a9a5b8394b
x86_64
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3bba7b7342431d8f42ae715bc92fd2b00524df401b0c2696206f25851a1ea05f
libpq-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b17be02b2f4289acc48828c33e8b0eac4ce544491ce89a77daee377d750dd7cb
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: f3ecce27d804f84a9d7152a01d28744ca0701c4a85bd2405b1b26730e4039047
libpq-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0218497e8ca1dad88b45777b25fb1650ff294b6a185d8a328105a31e8c240bcc
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: fce04e212bce609ea3feace2926208e662ace3e27f9a39ddc6f6b5e3d90fc241
libpq-debugsource-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9e14bf77ea6df9d22932d816e2ddfe938d3068eab2e96d8b275a11ce62bc532
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 51f7f668525c4d0a0f3d6de8225c0f62ad266be0a7b3c2077ad25a6b45bc4cc0
libpq-devel-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 51647b59398db3de7b1dc49718986ef3d298361aab83eeb788a894237e2c0322
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8e0b99222b601170795c95407b512f7ee07fef55ff38db9079a7669e4cd9d4c4
libpq-devel-debuginfo-12.5-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 77bca483812c65b4d8ca23ae7dd7fdae91b08e5817073f90ae836bd78e3f092b

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