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A postgresql, postgresql13 security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.2.



openSUSE-SU-2021:0337-1: moderate: Security update for postgresql, postgresql13


openSUSE Security Update: Security update for postgresql, postgresql13
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0337-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1178666 #1178667 #1178668 #1178961
Cross-References: CVE-2020-25694 CVE-2020-25695 CVE-2020-25696

CVSS scores:
CVE-2020-25694 (NVD) : 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-25694 (SUSE): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE-2020-25695 (NVD) : 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-25695 (SUSE): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-25696 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-25696 (SUSE): 8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one
errata is now available.

Description:

This update for postgresql, postgresql13 fixes the following issues:

This update ships postgresql13.

Upgrade to version 13.1:

* CVE-2020-25695, bsc#1178666: Block DECLARE CURSOR ... WITH HOLD and
firing of deferred triggers within index expressions and materialized
view queries.
* CVE-2020-25694, bsc#1178667: a) Fix usage of complex connection-string
parameters in pg_dump, pg_restore, clusterdb, reindexdb, and vacuumdb.
b) When psql's \connect command re-uses connection parameters, ensure
that all non-overridden parameters from a previous connection string are
re-used.
* CVE-2020-25696, bsc#1178668: Prevent psql's \gset command from modifying
specially-treated variables.
* Fix recently-added timetz test case so it works when the USA is not
observing daylight savings time. (obsoletes postgresql-timetz.patch)
*   https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2111/
*   https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/release-13-1.html

Initial packaging of PostgreSQL 13:

*   https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2077/
*   https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/release-13.html

- bsc#1178961: %ghost the symlinks to pg_config and ecpg.

Changes in postgresql wrapper package:

- Bump major version to 13.
- We also transfer PostgreSQL 9.4.26 to the new package layout in
SLE12-SP2 and newer. Reflect this in the conflict with postgresql94.
- Also conflict with PostgreSQL versions before 9.
- Conflicting with older versions is not limited to SLE.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-337=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

postgresql-13-lp152.3.6.1
postgresql-contrib-13-lp152.3.6.1
postgresql-devel-13-lp152.3.6.1
postgresql-docs-13-lp152.3.6.1
postgresql-llvmjit-13-lp152.3.6.1
postgresql-plperl-13-lp152.3.6.1
postgresql-plpython-13-lp152.3.6.1
postgresql-pltcl-13-lp152.3.6.1
postgresql-server-13-lp152.3.6.1
postgresql-server-devel-13-lp152.3.6.1
postgresql-test-13-lp152.3.6.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25694.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25695.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25696.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178666
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178667
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178668
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178961