Missing Authorization Affecting postgresql12 package, versions <12.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE315-POSTGRESQL12-1929932
  • published21 Jul 2020
  • disclosed17 Mar 2020

Introduced: 17 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-1720  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-285  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.15 postgresql12 to version 12.2-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql12 package and not the postgresql12 package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.15 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL's "ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION", where sub-commands did not perform authorization checks. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw in certain configurations to perform drop objects such as function, triggers, et al., leading to database corruption. This issue affects PostgreSQL versions before 12.2, before 11.7, before 10.12 and before 9.6.17.

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