CVE-2020-14350

Summary

CVECVE-2020-14350
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-08-24 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-24 02:38:00 UTC
DescriptionIt 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql All All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
August 2020 PostgreSQL Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202008-13) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1243-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1312-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1244-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-4472-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1326-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1228-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1227-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1865746 – (CVE-2020-14350) CVE-2020-14350 postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in CREATE EXTENSION MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2331-1] posgresql-9.6 security update DEBIAN lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159270 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for rh-postgresql10-postgresql (ELSA-2021-9290)
  • 178017 Debian Security Update for postgresql-9.6 (DLA 2331-1)
  • 377113 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for postgresql:12 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0017)
  • 500539 Alpine Linux Security Update for postgresql
  • 502007 Alpine Linux Security Update for postgresql14
  • 502161 Alpine Linux Security Update for postgresql12
  • 502773 Alpine Linux Security Update for postgresql15
  • 504306 Alpine Linux Security Update for postgresql14
  • 900047 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for postgresql 12.1
  • 903144 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for postgresql (2015)
  • 940130 AlmaLinux Security Update for postgresql:12 (ALSA-2020:5620)
  • 940299 AlmaLinux Security Update for postgresql:9.6 (ALSA-2020:5619)
  • 960242 Rocky Linux Security Update for postgresql:12 (RLSA-2020:5620)
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