CVE-2021-20229

Summary

CVECVE-2021-20229
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-23 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-09 15:01:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in PostgreSQL in versions before 13.2. This flaw allows a user with SELECT privilege on one column to craft a special query that returns all columns of the table. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-863

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql All All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Software Collections - All All All
Application Redhat Software Collections - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2021-20229 PostgreSQL Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
1925296 – (CVE-2021-20229) CVE-2021-20229 postgresql: single-column SELECT privilege enables reading all columns MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202105-32) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 180318 Debian Security Update for postgresql-13 (CVE-2021-20229)
  • 500541 Alpine Linux Security Update for postgresql
  • 501469 Alpine Linux Security Update for postgresql
  • 501992 Alpine Linux Security Update for postgresql13
  • 502009 Alpine Linux Security Update for postgresql14
  • 502775 Alpine Linux Security Update for postgresql15
  • 504308 Alpine Linux Security Update for postgresql14
  • 710082 Gentoo Linux PostgreSQL Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202105-32)
  • 900020 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for postgresql 12.5
  • 903508 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for postgresql (3909)
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