Medium
Canonical Ubuntu
Jacob Champion discovered that the PostgreSQL client incorrectly handled Kerberos authentication. If a user or automated system were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. Update Instructions: Run sudo pro fix USN-5906-1
to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: postgresql-server-dev-12 – 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libecpg-dev – 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libecpg6 – 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libpq-dev – 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libpgtypes3 – 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 postgresql-plperl-12 – 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 postgresql-pltcl-12 – 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 postgresql-plpython3-12 – 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libpq5 – 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 postgresql-doc-12 – 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 postgresql-12 – 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 postgresql-client-12 – 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 libecpg-compat3 – 12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 No subscription required
CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-41862.
Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.
Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below. The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:
2023-03-23: Initial vulnerability report published.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
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cflinuxfs4 | lt | 0.70.0 |