CVE-2021-3393

Public on 2021-04-01
Modified on 2023-08-04
Description
An information leak was discovered in postgresql in versions before 13.2, before 12.6 and before 11.11. A user having UPDATE permission but not SELECT permission to a particular column could craft queries which, under some circumstances, might disclose values from that column in error messages. An attacker could use this flaw to obtain information stored in a column they are allowed to write but not read.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql12 Extra postgresql 2023-08-07 ALAS2POSTGRESQL12-2023-004 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql15 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql96 Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N