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Red Hat: CVE-2020-1720: ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION is missing authorization checks (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-1720: ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION is missing authorization checks (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/17/2020
Created
09/10/2020
Added
09/09/2020
Modified
12/15/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-pgaudit
  • redhat-upgrade-pgaudit-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pgaudit-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-postgres-decoderbufs
  • redhat-upgrade-postgres-decoderbufs-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-postgres-decoderbufs-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-contrib
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-contrib-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-docs
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-docs-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-plperl
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-plperl-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-plpython3
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-plpython3-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-pltcl
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-pltcl-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-server
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-server-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-server-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-server-devel-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-static
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-test
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-test-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-test-rpm-macros
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-upgrade
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-upgrade-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-upgrade-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-postgresql-upgrade-devel-debuginfo

References

  • CVE-2020-1720
  • RHSA-2020:3669
  • RHSA-2020:5619
  • RHSA-2020:5620
  • RHSA-2021:0163
  • RHSA-2021:0164
  • RHSA-2021:0166
  • RHSA-2021:0167
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