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CVE-2023-2454

Public on 2023-05-13
Modified on 2024-01-12
Description

This enabled an attacker having database-level CREATE privilege to execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap superuser. Database owners have that right by default, and explicit grants may extend it to other users.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core postgresql 2024-02-15 03:52 ALAS2-2024-2462
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql11 Extra postgresql 2023-08-07 05:59 ALAS2POSTGRESQL11-2023-001
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql12 Extra postgresql 2023-08-07 05:59 ALAS2POSTGRESQL12-2023-001
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql13 Extra postgresql 2023-08-07 05:59 ALAS2POSTGRESQL13-2023-001
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra postgresql 2023-08-07 05:59 ALAS2POSTGRESQL14-2023-001
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql15 2023-07-05 20:13 ALAS2023-2023-241
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql92 2023-06-05 16:39 ALAS-2023-1759

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.2 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H