vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-25696: Permissive List of Allowed Inputs
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 23, 2020 | Jan 19, 2021 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 23, 2020
Added
Jan 19, 2021
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
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.
Solutions
alpine-linux-upgrade-postgresqlalpine-linux-upgrade-postgresql14alpine-linux-upgrade-postgresql12alpine-linux-upgrade-postgresql15
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