Missing Authorization Affecting postgresql-devel package, versions <0:9.2.21-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.45% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-POSTGRESQLDEVEL-5179900
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 11 May 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 postgresql-devel to version 0:9.2.21-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:1983.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql-devel package and not the postgresql-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was found that some selectivity estimation functions in PostgreSQL before 9.2.21, 9.3.x before 9.3.17, 9.4.x before 9.4.12, 9.5.x before 9.5.7, and 9.6.x before 9.6.3 did not check user privileges before providing information from pg_statistic, possibly leaking information. An unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to steal some information from tables they are otherwise not allowed to access.