Resource Exhaustion Affecting rh-postgresql10-postgresql-contrib package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.56% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-RHPOSTGRESQL10POSTGRESQLCONTRIB-11443601
  • published5 Aug 2025
  • disclosed9 Nov 2023

Introduced: 9 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-5870  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 rh-postgresql10-postgresql-contrib.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-postgresql10-postgresql-contrib package and not the rh-postgresql10-postgresql-contrib package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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 Base Scores

version 3.1