CVE-2020-1720 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1720 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2011/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5