Permissive Whitelist Affecting postgresql-13 package, versions <13.1-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-POSTGRESQL13-1039791
- published 12 Nov 2020
- disclosed 23 Nov 2020
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 postgresql-13 to version 13.1-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql-13 package and not the postgresql-13 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-25696
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894430
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-131-125-1110-1015-9620-and-9524-released-2111/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html