Untrusted Search Path Affecting postgresql15 package, versions <12.4-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE319-POSTGRESQL15-6108219
  • published8 Dec 2023
  • disclosed24 Aug 2020

Introduced: 24 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-14350  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-426  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.19 postgresql15 to version 12.4-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql15 package and not the postgresql15 package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.19 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was found that some PostgreSQL extensions did not use search_path safely in their installation script. An attacker with sufficient privileges could use this flaw to trick an administrator into executing a specially crafted script, during the installation or update of such extension. This affects PostgreSQL versions before 12.4, before 11.9, before 10.14, before 9.6.19, and before 9.5.23.

CVSS Scores

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