RHSA-2024:10739 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for the postgresql:12 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced 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

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

Security Fix(es):

• postgresql: PostgreSQL PL/Perl environment variable changes execute arbitrary code (CVE-2024-10979)

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 Server - AUS 8.2 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2326253 - CVE-2024-10979 postgresql: PostgreSQL PL/Perl environment variable changes execute arbitrary code

CVEs

• CVE-2024-10979

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important