CVE-2023-5870 Affecting postgresql15-devel package, versions <15.5-150200.5.19.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-POSTGRESQL15DEVEL-6157481
  • published16 Jan 2024
  • disclosed15 Jan 2024

Introduced: 15 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-5870  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 postgresql15-devel to version 15.5-150200.5.19.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql15-devel package and not the postgresql15-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 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 Scores

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