CVE-2020-1720

CVE Details

Release Date:	2020-03-17
Impact:	None	What is this?

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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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	6.5
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	High
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (rh-postgresql10-postgresql)	ELSA-2021-9290	2021-06-11
Oracle Linux version 8 (pgaudit)	ELSA-2020-5620-1	2020-12-23
Oracle Linux version 8 (postgres-decoderbufs)	ELSA-2020-5620-1	2020-12-23
Oracle Linux version 8 (postgresql)	ELSA-2020-3669	2020-09-09
Oracle Linux version 8 (postgresql)	ELSA-2020-5619-1	2020-12-23
Oracle Linux version 8 (postgresql)	ELSA-2020-5620-1	2020-12-23