Information Exposure Affecting postgresql12 package, versions <12.8-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE317-POSTGRESQL12-3143500
  • published16 Aug 2021
  • disclosed2 Mar 2022

Introduced: 16 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-3677  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.17 postgresql12 to version 12.8-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:3.17 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in postgresql. A purpose-crafted query can read arbitrary bytes of server memory. In the default configuration, any authenticated database user can complete this attack at will. The attack does not require the ability to create objects. If server settings include max_worker_processes=0, the known versions of this attack are infeasible. However, undiscovered variants of the attack may be independent of that setting.

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