CVE-2021-3393

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3393
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-01 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-04 19:04:00 UTC
DescriptionAn information leak was discovered in postgresql in versions before 13.2, before 12.6 and before 11.11. A user having UPDATE permission but not SELECT permission to a particular column could craft queries which, under some circumstances, might disclose values from that column in error messages. An attacker could use this flaw to obtain information stored in a column they are allowed to write but not read.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-209

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postgresql Postgresql All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Software Collections - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202105-32) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
1924005 – (CVE-2021-3393) CVE-2021-3393 postgresql: Partition constraint violation errors leak values of denied columns MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE-2021-3393 PostgreSQL Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159268 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for postgresql:12 (ELSA-2021-2372)
  • 179731 Debian Security Update for postgresql-13postgresql-11 (CVE-2021-3393)
  • 239383 Red Hat Update for postgresql:12 (RHSA-2021:2372)
  • 239437 Red Hat Update for rh-postgresql12-postgresql (RHSA-2021:2394)
  • 239442 Red Hat Update for postgresql:12 (RHSA-2021:2389)
  • 356175 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for postgresql : ALASPOSTGRESQL12-2023-004
  • 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)
  • 750053 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for postgresql12 (SUSE-SU-2021:1783-1)
  • 750311 OpenSUSE Security Update for postgresql12 (openSUSE-SU-2021:0423-1)
  • 940413 AlmaLinux Security Update for postgresql:12 (ALSA-2021:2372)
  • 960093 Rocky Linux Security Update for postgresql:12 (RLSA-2021:2372)
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