CVE-2020-25696 Information
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A flaw was found in the psql interactive terminal of PostgreSQL in versions before 13.1 before 12.5 before 11.10 before 10.15 before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. If an interactive psql session uses \gset when querying a compromised server the attacker can execute arbitrary code as the operating system account running psql. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Reference
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-131-125-1110-1015-9620-and-9524-released-2111/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894430 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction Required
NONE
Scope
REQUIRED
Confidentiality Impact
UNCHANGED
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Base Score
HIGH
Base Severity
7.5