Issued:

2020-07-28

Updated:

2020-07-28

RHSA-2020:3176 - Important: postgresql-jdbc security update

Synopsis

Important: postgresql-jdbc security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for postgresql-jdbc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

[Updated 04 August 2020] This advisory has been updated with a reference to the Red Hat Knowledgebase article 5266441. This update does not change the packages in any way.

Description

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system. The postgresql-jdbc package includes the .jar files needed for Java programs to access a PostgreSQL database.

Security Fix(es):

• postgresql-jdbc: XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in PgSQLXML (CVE-2020-13692)

This update introduces a backwards incompatible change required to resolve this issue. Refer to the Red Hat Knowledgebase article 5266441 linked to in the References section for information on how to re-enable the old insecure behavior.

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• postgresql-jdbc-42.2.3-3.el8_2.src.rpm
• postgresql-jdbc-42.2.3-3.el8_2.noarch.rpm
• postgresql-jdbc-javadoc-42.2.3-3.el8_2.noarch.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 1852985

CVEs

• CVE-2020-13692

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• https://access.redhat.com/articles/5266441

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.