CVE-2023-5870 Affecting postgresql-11 package, versions <11.22-0+deb10u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-POSTGRESQL11-6055657
  • published11 Nov 2023
  • disclosed10 Dec 2023

Introduced: 11 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-5870  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 postgresql-11 to version 11.22-0+deb10u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql-11 package and not the postgresql-11 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL involving the pg_cancel_backend role that signals background workers, including the logical replication launcher, autovacuum workers, and the autovacuum launcher. Successful exploitation requires a non-core extension with a less-resilient background worker and would affect that specific background worker only. This issue may allow a remote high privileged user to launch a denial of service (DoS) attack.

CVSS Scores

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