Issued:

2024-04-30

Updated:

2024-04-30

RHSA-2024:2624 - Important: postgresql-jdbc : Security Update

Synopsis

Important: postgresql-jdbc : Security Update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service.

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.

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):

• pgjdbc: PostgreSQL JDBC Driver allows attacker to inject SQL if using PreferQueryMode=SIMPLE (CVE-2024-1597)

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

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

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

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• postgresql-jdbc-42.2.3-5.el8_2.src.rpm
• postgresql-jdbc-javadoc-42.2.3-5.el8_2.noarch.rpm
• postgresql-jdbc-42.2.3-5.el8_2.noarch.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 2266523

CVEs

• CVE-2024-1597

References

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

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.