CVE-2023-39418 Affecting postgresql13 package, versions <13.12-r0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE318-POSTGRESQL13-5840796
- published 15 Aug 2023
- disclosed 11 Aug 2023
Introduced: 11 Aug 2023
CVE-2023-39418 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.18 postgresql13 to version 13.12-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql13 package and not the postgresql13 package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.18 relevant fixed versions and status.
A vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL with the use of the MERGE command, which fails to test new rows against row security policies defined for UPDATE and SELECT. If UPDATE and SELECT policies forbid some rows that INSERT policies do not forbid, a user could store such rows.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39418
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228112
- https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=cb2ae5741f2458a474ed3c31458d242e678ff229
- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2023-39418/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7785
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7883
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7884
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7885
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0002/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5553