CVE-2020-1720

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL's "ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION", where sub-commands did not perform authorization checks. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw in certain configurations to perform drop objects such as function, triggers, et al., leading to database corruption. This issue affects PostgreSQL versions before 12.2, before 11.7, before 10.12 and before 9.6.17.

CVSS v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 3.5 LOW

6.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

3.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1720	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2011/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:decision_manager:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2020-03-17 09:15

Updated : 2020-10-15 06:28

NVD link : CVE-2020-1720

Mitre link : CVE-2020-1720

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux
decision_manager
software_collections

postgresql

postgresql

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