CVE-2020-25696

high

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.

References

https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-131-125-1110-1015-9620-and-9524-released-2111/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894430

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-11-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High