CVE-2020-1720

postgresql: ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION is missing authorization checks

Published Mar 17, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 3.1 Low EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2105-1 postgresql-9.4 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4622-1 postgresql-9.6 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4623-1 postgresql-11 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-12571 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4282-1 PostgreSQL vulnerability
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