CVE-2020-25694
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.1 · CWE-327
8.1CVSS HIGH
Summary
A flaw was found in PostgreSQL versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. If a client application that creates additional database connections only reuses the basic connection parameters while dropping security-relevant parameters, an opportunity for a man-in-the-middle attack, or the ability to observe clear-text transmissions, could exist. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.htmlPatch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.htmlPatch
- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894423
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201202-0003/Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894423
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07Advisory