Permissive Whitelist Affecting postgresql95-static package, versions <0:9.5.24-1.82.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-POSTGRESQL95STATIC-1725818
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed23 Nov 2020

Introduced: 23 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-25696  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-183  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-270  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 postgresql95-static to version 0:9.5.24-1.82.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2021-1476.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql95-static package and not the postgresql95-static package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 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

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