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High RLSA-2020:5620 6 CVEs

Important: postgresql:12 security update

Published Dec 17, 2020 · Updated Feb 4, 2026

Summary

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: postgresql (12.5).

Security Fix(es):

* postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings (CVE-2020-25694)

* postgresql: Multiple features escape "security restricted operation" sandbox (CVE-2020-25695)

* postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in logical replication (CVE-2020-14349)

* postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in CREATE EXTENSION (CVE-2020-14350)

* postgresql: psql's \gset allows overwriting specially treated variables (CVE-2020-25696)

* postgresql: ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION is missing authorization checks (CVE-2020-1720)

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.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 pgaudit 0:1.4.0-4.module+el8.4.0+545+ca56da2e
Rocky Linux · 8 postgres-decoderbufs 0:0.10.0-2.module+el8.5.0+684+c3892ef9
Rocky Linux · 8 postgres-decoderbufs 0:0.10.0-2.module+el8.4.0+424+71d47d9a

Vulnerabilities 6

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1798852
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1865744
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1865746
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894423
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894425
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894430