CVE-2023-5869

Public on 2023-11-10
Modified on 2024-06-05
Description
While modifying certain SQL array values, missing overflow checks let authenticated database users write arbitrary bytes to a memory area that facilitates arbitrary code execution. Missing overflow checks also let authenticated database users read a wide area of server memory. The CVE-2021-32027 fix covered some attacks of this description, but it missed others.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql12 Extra libpq Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql13 Extra libpq Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra libpq Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core postgresql 2022-09-01 ALAS2-2022-1843 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core postgresql 2024-06-06 ALAS2-2024-2567 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql12 Extra postgresql 2024-01-19 ALAS2POSTGRESQL12-2024-007 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql13 Extra postgresql 2024-01-19 ALAS2POSTGRESQL13-2024-005 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra postgresql 2024-01-19 ALAS2POSTGRESQL14-2024-004 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql15 2024-01-03 ALAS2023-2024-464 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql92 Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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