Security Information / 2017 / Security Information -- DSA-4028-1 postgresql-9.6

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4028-1 postgresql-9.6 -- security update

Date Reported:

09 Nov 2017

Affected Packages:

postgresql-9.6

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-15098, CVE-2017-15099.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been found in the PostgreSQL database system:

• CVE-2017-15098

  Denial of service and potential memory disclosure in the json_populate_recordset() and jsonb_populate_recordset() functions

• CVE-2017-15099

  Insufficient permissions checks in INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE statements.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 9.6.6-0+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-9.6 packages.