Insufficient Comparison Affecting postgresql14 package, versions <12.5-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE317-POSTGRESQL14-3141252
  • published 25 Nov 2020
  • disclosed 23 Nov 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.17 postgresql14 to version 12.5-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 flaw was found in the psql interactive terminal of PostgreSQL in versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. If an interactive psql session uses \gset when querying a compromised server, the attacker can execute arbitrary code as the operating system account running psql. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

8 high
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Red Hat

7.5 high