vulnerability
Arch Linux: Man-in-the-middle (CVE-2021-23214)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 4, 2022 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 4, 2022
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A security issue has been found in PostgreSQL versions 9.6 up to 14. When the server is configured to use trust authentication with a clientcert requirement or to use cert authentication, a man-in-the-middle attacker can inject arbitrary SQL queries when a connection is first established, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2021-23214
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-23214
- URL-https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2022666
- URL-https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=28e24125541545483093819efae9bca603441951
- URL-https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/28e24125541545483093819efae9bca603441951
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202204-1
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-04
- URL-https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2021-23214/
- CWE-89
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