Uncaught Exception Affecting github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgconn package, versions >=5.0.0-alpha.5 <5.5.2
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- published3 Jul 2024
- disclosed2 Jul 2024
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 2 Jul 2024
CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-248 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgconn to version 5.5.2 or higher.
Overview
github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgconn is a low-level PostgreSQL database driver
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncaught Exception that allows creating a pipeline in error with a PgConn that is busy or closed. This allows an attacker who can ascertain that a pipeline is in such a state to trigger a panic by calling the Sync() function on the pipeline.