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CVE-2023-39417

Public on 2023-08-11
Modified on 2024-01-12
Description

IN THE EXTENSION SCRIPT, a SQL Injection vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL if it uses @extowner@, @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct (dollar quoting, '', or ""). If an administrator has installed files of a vulnerable, trusted, non-bundled extension, an attacker with database-level CREATE privilege can execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap superuser.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql11 Extra postgresql 2023-09-06 18:59 ALAS2POSTGRESQL11-2023-004
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql12 Extra postgresql 2023-09-06 18:59 ALAS2POSTGRESQL12-2023-005
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql13 Extra postgresql 2023-09-06 18:59 ALAS2POSTGRESQL13-2023-004
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra postgresql 2023-09-06 18:59 ALAS2POSTGRESQL14-2023-003
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql15 2023-08-31 21:43 ALAS2023-2023-322

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H