CVE-2020-1720
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CVE-2020-1720 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in PostgreSQL's "ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION", where sub-commands did not perform authorization checks. EPSS estimates a 1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Postgresql | Postgresql | >= 9.6, < 9.6.17 |
| Postgresql | Postgresql | >= 10.0, < 10.12 |
| Postgresql | Postgresql | >= 11.0, < 11.7 |
| Postgresql | Postgresql | >= 12.0, < 12.2 |
| Redhat | Decision Manager | 7.0 |
| Redhat | Software Collections | All versions |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 8.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1720Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2011/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1720Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2011/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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