vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-1720: Improper Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Mar 17, 2020 | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Mar 17, 2020
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
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.
Solutions
alpine-linux-upgrade-postgresqlalpine-linux-upgrade-postgresql14alpine-linux-upgrade-postgresql12alpine-linux-upgrade-postgresql15
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