PostgreSQL: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202412-12

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages

Package	dev-db/postgresql on all architectures
Affected versions	< 12.21 < 13.17 < 14.14 < 15.9 < 16.5 < 17.1
Unaffected versions	>= 12.21 >= 13.17 >= 14.14 >= 15.9 >= 16.5 >= 17.1

Background

PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database management system.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All PostgreSQL users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-12.21:12"
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-13.17:13"
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-14.14:14"
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-15.9:15"
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-16.5:16"
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-17.1:17"

References

Release date
December 08, 2024

Latest revision
December 08, 2024: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

943512