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CVE-2023-5869

Public on 2023-11-10
Modified on 2024-01-18
Description

While modifying certain SQL array values, missing overflow checks let authenticated database users write arbitrary bytes to a memory area that facilitates arbitrary code execution. Missing overflow checks also let authenticated database users read a wide area of server memory. The CVE-2021-32027 fix covered some attacks of this description, but it missed others.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core postgresql 2022-09-01 21:09 ALAS2-2022-1843
Amazon Linux 2 - Core postgresql 2024-06-06 20:17 ALAS2-2024-2567
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql12 Extra postgresql 2024-01-19 02:20 ALAS2POSTGRESQL12-2024-007
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql13 Extra postgresql 2024-01-19 02:20 ALAS2POSTGRESQL13-2024-005
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra postgresql 2024-01-19 02:20 ALAS2POSTGRESQL14-2024-004
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql15 2024-01-03 23:20 ALAS2023-2024-464
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql92 2025-01-30 04:16 ALAS-2025-1959

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H