Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4269-1 postgresql-9.6 -- security update

Date Reported:
10 Aug 2018
Affected Packages:
postgresql-9.6
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-10915, CVE-2018-10925.
More information:

Two vulnerabilities have been found in the PostgreSQL database system:

  • CVE-2018-10915

    Andrew Krasichkov discovered that libpq did not reset all its connection state during reconnects.

  • CVE-2018-10925

    It was discovered that some CREATE TABLE statements could disclose server memory.

For additional information please refer to the upstream announcement at https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1878/

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 9.6.10-0+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-9.6 packages.

For the detailed security status of postgresql-9.6 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/postgresql-9.6