Re: Information to CVE-2022-42889

From: Erik Wienhold <ewie(at)ewie(dot)name>
To: Cedric Aaron Towstyka <Cedric-Aaron(dot)Towstyka(at)barmenia(dot)de>, "pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Information to CVE-2022-42889
Date: 2022-11-08 11:27:33
Message-ID: 985333330.298748.1667906853727@office.mailbox.org
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> On 08/11/2022 11:50 CET Cedric Aaron Towstyka <cedric-aaron(dot)towstyka(at)barmenia(dot)de> wrote:
>
> the german bureau for IT-Security "BSI" (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der
> Informationstechnik) has issued a warning for CVE CVE-2022-42889with the name
> commons-text. Insurance companies are obliged to analyse the installed
> software for vulnerabilities of this type. As the Barmenia is using your
> product PostgreSQL Server it is necessary to obtain all information regarding
> any vulnerability against above CVE. We kindly ask you to provide information
> if the above product is affected by the CVE and if yes, when a fix will be
> available.

Postgres does not use Java and should not be affected. Maybe if you use
PL/Java[1].

This CVE reminds me of Log4j from last year[2].

[1] https://tada.github.io/pljava/
[2] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/30390f0b07fd4d90b1aacb683ebfae45%40pictet.com

--
Erik

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