Description
It was found that some PostgreSQL extensions did not use search_path safely in their installation script. An attacker with sufficient privileges could use this flaw to trick an administrator into executing a specially crafted script, during the installation or update of such extension. This affects PostgreSQL versions before 12.4, before 11.9, before 10.14, before 9.6.19, and before 9.5.23.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- local
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- low
- User Action
- required
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- high
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- POSTGRESQL
- Published
- 8/24/2020
- Last Modified
- 11/21/2024
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
postgresql : postgresqlpostgresql : postgresqlpostgresql : postgresqlpostgresql : postgresqlpostgresql : postgresqldebian : debian_linuxopensuse : leapopensuse : leapcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linux
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