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PostgreSQL: CVE-2020-14350: Uncontrolled search path element in CREATE EXTENSION

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PostgreSQL: CVE-2020-14350: Uncontrolled search path element in CREATE EXTENSION

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/17/2020
Created
08/15/2020
Added
08/17/2020
Modified
01/15/2024

Description

It was found that some PostgreSQL extensions did not use search_path safely in their installation script. An attacker with sufficient privileges could use this flaw to trick an administrator into executing a specially crafted script, during the installation or update of such extension. This affects PostgreSQL versions before 12.4, before 11.9, before 10.14, before 9.6.19, and before 9.5.23.

Solution(s)

  • postgres-upgrade-12_4

References

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