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PostgreSQL: CVE-2021-23222: libpq processes unencrypted bytes from man-in-the-middle

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PostgreSQL: CVE-2021-23222: libpq processes unencrypted bytes from man-in-the-middle

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/26/2021
Created
11/28/2021
Added
11/26/2021
Modified
01/15/2024

Description

A man-in-the-middle attacker can inject false responses to the client's first few queries, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption.

Solution(s)

  • postgres-upgrade-12_9
  • postgres-upgrade-13_5
  • postgres-upgrade-14_1

References

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