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🛡️ ALSA-2023:7884 — pg-repack (CVE-2023-5869 +4 more)

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Important: postgresql:15 security update

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

Security Fix(es):

  • postgresql: Buffer overrun from integer overflow in array modification (CVE-2023-5869)
  • postgresql: Memory disclosure in aggregate function calls (CVE-2023-5868)
  • postgresql: extension script @substitutions@ within quoting allow SQL injection (CVE-2023-39417)
  • postgresql: Role pg_signal_backend can signal certain superuser processes. (CVE-2023-5870)
  • postgresql: MERGE fails to enforce UPDATE or SELECT row security policies (CVE-2023-39418)

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.

Affected software

ALSA-2023:7884 is recorded against 18 packages.

  • pg-repack (fixed in 1.4.8-1.module_el8.8.0+3487+43ec1b9f)
  • pgaudit (fixed in 1.7.0-1.module_el8.8.0+3487+43ec1b9f)
  • postgres-decoderbufs (fixed in 1.9.7-1.Final.module_el8.8.0+3487+43ec1b9f)
  • postgresql (fixed in 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e)
  • postgresql-contrib (fixed in 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e)
  • postgresql-docs (fixed in 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e)
  • postgresql-plperl (fixed in 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e)
  • postgresql-plpython3 (fixed in 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e)
  • postgresql-pltcl (fixed in 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e)
  • postgresql-private-devel (fixed in 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e)
  • postgresql-private-libs (fixed in 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e)
  • postgresql-server (fixed in 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e)
  • postgresql-server-devel (fixed in 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e)
  • postgresql-static (fixed in 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e)
  • postgresql-test (fixed in 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e)
  • postgresql-test-rpm-macros (fixed in 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e)
  • postgresql-upgrade (fixed in 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e)
  • postgresql-upgrade-devel (fixed in 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e)

Timeline and source

Published on 20 December 2023 and last revised on 4 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

access.redhat.com (Advisory)
access.redhat.com (Report)
access.redhat.com (Report)
access.redhat.com (Report)
access.redhat.com (Report)
access.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
errata.almalinux.org (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

pg-repack has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-12-20
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-02-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pg-repack — 1.4.8-1.module_el8.8.0+3487+43ec1b9f
pgaudit — 1.7.0-1.module_el8.8.0+3487+43ec1b9f
postgres-decoderbufs — 1.9.7-1.Final.module_el8.8.0+3487+43ec1b9f
postgresql — 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e
postgresql-contrib — 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e
postgresql-docs — 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e
postgresql-plperl — 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e
postgresql-plpython3 — 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e
postgresql-pltcl — 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e
postgresql-private-devel — 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e
postgresql-private-libs — 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e
postgresql-server — 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e
postgresql-server-devel — 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e
postgresql-static — 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e
postgresql-test — 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e
postgresql-test-rpm-macros — 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e
postgresql-upgrade — 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e
postgresql-upgrade-devel — 15.5-1.module_el8.9.0+3706+885c732e

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