CVE-2023-39417

Public on 2023-08-11
Modified on 2024-04-29
Description
IN THE EXTENSION SCRIPT, a SQL Injection vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL if it uses @extowner@, @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct (dollar quoting, '', or ""). If an administrator has installed files of a vulnerable, trusted, non-bundled extension, an attacker with database-level CREATE privilege can execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap superuser.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core postgresql Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql11 Extra postgresql 2023-09-06 ALAS2POSTGRESQL11-2023-004 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql12 Extra postgresql 2023-09-06 ALAS2POSTGRESQL12-2023-005 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql13 Extra postgresql 2023-09-06 ALAS2POSTGRESQL13-2023-004 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra postgresql 2023-09-06 ALAS2POSTGRESQL14-2023-003 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql15 2023-08-31 ALAS2023-2023-322 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H