Missing Authorization Affecting postgres-decoderbufs-debugsource package, versions <0:0.10.0-2.module+el8.4.0+424+71d47d9a


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.18% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-POSTGRESDECODERBUFSDEBUGSOURCE-3216763
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed17 Mar 2020

Introduced: 17 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-1720  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 postgres-decoderbufs-debugsource to version 0:0.10.0-2.module+el8.4.0+424+71d47d9a or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2020:5620.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgres-decoderbufs-debugsource package and not the postgres-decoderbufs-debugsource package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL's "ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION", where sub-commands did not perform authorization checks. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw in certain configurations to perform drop objects such as function, triggers, et al., leading to database corruption. This issue affects PostgreSQL versions before 12.2, before 11.7, before 10.12 and before 9.6.17.

CVSS Base Scores

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