========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4972-1 June 01, 2021 postgresql-10, postgresql-12, postgresql-13 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 21.04 - Ubuntu 20.10 - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in PostgreSQL. Software Description: - postgresql-13: Object-relational SQL database - postgresql-12: Object-relational SQL database - postgresql-10: Object-relational SQL database Details: Tom Lane discovered that PostgreSQL incorrect handled certain array subscripting calculations. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite server memory and escalate privileges. (CVE-2021-32027) Andres Freund discovered that PostgreSQL incorrect handled certain INSERT ... ON CONFLICT ... DO UPDATE commands. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read server memory and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2021-32028) Tom Lane discovered that PostgreSQL incorrect handled certain UPDATE ... RETURNING commands. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read server memory and obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10, and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-32029) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.04: postgresql-13 13.3-0ubuntu0.21.04.1 Ubuntu 20.10: postgresql-12 12.7-0ubuntu0.20.10.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: postgresql-12 12.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: postgresql-10 10.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart PostgreSQL to make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4972-1 CVE-2021-32027, CVE-2021-32028, CVE-2021-32029 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-13/13.3-0ubuntu0.21.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-12/12.7-0ubuntu0.20.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-12/12.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-10/10.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1