The security update for Tanzu Greenplum 6.29.0 addresses 18 vulnerabilities across multiple components, with critical flaws identified in PL/Container Python3 Image (GHSA-f73w-4m7g-ch9x and CVE-2024-3596) and DataSciencePython3.9 (GHSA-x4wf-678h-2pmq). Among the 29 vulnerabilities in VMware Tanzu Greenplum Backup and Restore, several are classified as critical, including CVE-2023-39320, CVE-2024-24790, and GHSA-v778-237x-gjrc. Despite the security-focused nature of these releases, VMware has included functional improvements in Tanzu Greenplum Backup and Restore 1.31.0, such as support for taking backups on a GPDR recovery cluster. The Greenplum Platform Extensions Framework contains two critical vulnerabilities (CVE‑2024‑47561 and CVE‑2018‑1282) that could lead to significant security breaches if left unpatched. Organizations using VMware Tanzu Greenplum Backup and Restore should upgrade to version 1.31.0 or later, while Tanzu Greenplum users should implement version 6.29.0 or newer. The security advisories, published on April 7, 2025, include patches for vulnerabilities with CVSS scores as high as 9.8, indicating critical severity levels that require immediate attention from organizations using these products. For Tanzu Greenplum Disaster Recovery, the recent 1.3.0 release introduced a Read Replica mode supporting Greenplum 6.29.0 and above, allowing users to run read-only queries against recovery clusters. CVE-2025-22866 affects VMware Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry’s networking components, including cf-networking and silk, which could enable unauthorized network access or data interception in isolation segments. Users implementing backup operations with the gpbackup utility should note that version 1.31.0 introduces crucial fixes, particularly for privilege statement syntax issues on Greenplum 7 procedures. Cyber Security News is a Dedicated News Platform For Cyber News, Cyber Attack News, Hacking News & Vulnerability Analysis.
This Cyber News was published on cybersecuritynews.com. Publication date: Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:50:12 +0000