Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution') Affecting postgresql14 package, versions <14.5-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.23% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE317-POSTGRESQL14-3141192
  • published 15 Aug 2022
  • disclosed 18 Aug 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.17 postgresql14 to version 14.5-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql14 package and not the postgresql14 package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.17 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL. This attack requires permission to create non-temporary objects in at least one schema, the ability to lure or wait for an administrator to create or update an affected extension in that schema, and the ability to lure or wait for a victim to use the object targeted in CREATE OR REPLACE or CREATE IF NOT EXISTS. Given all three prerequisites, this flaw allows an attacker to run arbitrary code as the victim role, which may be a superuser.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

7.1 high
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Red Hat

7.1 high