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| Reference | Affected | Fixed | Component & CVSS v3 Base Score | Description |
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Announcement |
9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 | 9.1.24, 9.2.19, 9.3.15, 9.4.10, 9.5.5 | packaging 7.5 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Interactive installer downloads software over plain HTTP, then executes it |
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Announcement |
9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 | 9.1.23, 9.2.18, 9.3.14, 9.4.9, 9.5.4 | client 8.5 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Exceptional database and role names could enable escalation to superuser |
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Announcement |
9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 | 9.1.23, 9.2.18, 9.3.14, 9.4.9, 9.5.4 | core server 4.3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Certain nested CASE/WHEN expressions can crash server |
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Announcement |
9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 | 9.1.20, 9.2.15, 9.3.11, 9.4.6, 9.5.1 | core server 6.5 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
Unchecked regex can crash the server |
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Announcement |
9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 | 9.0.23, 9.1.19, 9.2.14, 9.3.10, 9.4.5 | contrib module 3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Memory leak in crypt() function. |
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Announcement |
9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 | 9.0.20, 9.1.16, 9.2.11, 9.3.7, 9.4.2 | contrib module 3.7 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
pgcrypto has multiple error messages for decryption with an incorrect key. |
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Announcement |
9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 | 9.0.20, 9.1.16, 9.2.11, 9.3.7, 9.4.2 | core server 5.6 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
Unanticipated errors from the standard library. |
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Announcement |
9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 | 9.0.20, 9.1.16, 9.2.11, 9.3.7, 9.4.2 | core server 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Double "free" after authentication timeout |
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Announcement |
9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 | 9.0.19, 9.1.15, 9.2.10, 9.3.6, 9.4.1 | core server 8.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
An error in extended protocol message reading. |
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Announcement |
9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 | 9.0.19, 9.1.15, 9.2.10, 9.3.6, 9.4.1 | contrib module 6.5 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
Memory errors in functions in the pgcrypto extension. |
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Announcement |
9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 | 9.0.19, 9.1.15, 9.2.10, 9.3.6, 9.4.1 | core server 4.2 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Buffer overrun in replacement printf family of functions. |
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Announcement |
9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 | 9.0.19, 9.1.15, 9.2.10, 9.3.6, 9.4.1 | core server 4.2 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Buffer overruns in "to_char" functions. |
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9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 | 9.0.19, 9.1.15, 9.2.10, 9.3.6, 9.4.1 | core server 3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Constraint violation errors can cause display of values in columns which the user would not normally have rights to see. |
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9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 | 9.0.19, 9.1.15, 9.2.10, 9.3.6, 9.4.1 | other 7.0 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Unauthenticated users may gain access to the database server during "make check".. more details |
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8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 | 8.4.20, 9.0.16, 9.1.12, 9.2.7, 9.3.3 | contrib module 0.0 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N |
Potential null pointer dereference crash when crypt(3) returns NULL. more details |
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8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 | 8.4.20, 9.0.16, 9.1.12, 9.2.7, 9.3.3 | core server 0.0 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N |
Potential buffer overruns of fixed-size buffers. more details |
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8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 | 8.4.20, 9.0.16, 9.1.12, 9.2.7, 9.3.3 | core server 6.5 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
Potential buffer overruns due to integer overflow in size calculations. more details |
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8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 | 8.4.20, 9.0.16, 9.1.12, 9.2.7, 9.3.3 | core server 4.3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
Potential buffer overruns in datetime input/output. more details |
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8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 | 8.4.20, 9.0.16, 9.1.12, 9.2.7, 9.3.3 | core server 8.8 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Race condition in CREATE INDEX allows for privilege escalation. more details |
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8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 | 8.4.20, 9.0.16, 9.1.12, 9.2.7, 9.3.3 | core server 7.5 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Privilege escalation via calls to validator functions. more details |
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8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 | 8.4.20, 9.0.16, 9.1.12, 9.2.7, 9.3.3 | core server 3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
SET ROLE bypasses lack of ADMIN OPTION. more details |
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9.1, 9.2 | 9.1.9, 9.2.4 | core server Legacy: D |
An unprivileged user can run commands that could interfere with in-progress backups. |
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8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 | 8.4.17, 9.0.13, 9.1.9, 9.2.4 | contrib module Legacy: C |
Random numbers generated by contrib/pgcrypto functions may be easy for another database user to guess |
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9.0, 9.1, 9.2 | 9.0.13, 9.1.9, 9.2.4 | core server Legacy: A |
A connection request containing a database name that begins with "-" may be crafted to damage or destroy files within a server's data directory |
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8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 | 8.3.23, 8.4.16, 9.0.12, 9.1.8, 9.2.3 | core server Legacy: D |
executing enum_recv() with wrong parameters crashes server |
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8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1 | 8.3.20, 8.4.13, 9.0.9, 9.1.5 | core server Legacy: C |
xml_parse() DTD validation can be used to read arbitrary files |
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8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1 | 8.3.20, 8.4.13, 9.0.9, 9.1.5 | contrib module Legacy: C |
contrib/xml2's xslt_process() can be used to read and write arbitrary files |
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8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1 | 8.3.19, 8.4.12, 9.0.8, 9.1.4 | core server Legacy: D |
SECURITY DEFINER and SET attributes on procedural call handlers are not ignored and can be used to crash the server |
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8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1 | 8.3.19, 8.4.12, 9.0.8, 9.1.4 | contrib module Legacy: C |
Passwords containing the byte 0x80 passed to the crypt() function in pgcrypto are incorrectly truncated if DES encryption was used |
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8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1 | 8.3.18, 8.4.11, 9.0.7, 9.1.3 | core server Legacy: C |
Line breaks in object names can be exploited to execute arbitrary SQL when reloading a pg_dump file. |
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8.4, 9.0, 9.1 | 8.4.11, 9.0.7, 9.1.3 | core server Legacy: A |
SSL certificate name checks are truncated to 32 characters, allowing connection spoofing under some circumstances when using third party certificate authorities. |
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8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1 | 8.3.18, 8.4.11, 9.0.7, 9.1.3 | core server Legacy: C |
Permissions on a function called by a trigger are not properly checked. |
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| Component | Description |
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| core server | This vulnerability exists in the core server product. |
| client | This vulnerability exists in a client library or client application only. |
| contrib module | This vulnerability exists in a contrib module. Contrib modules are not installed by default when PostgreSQL is installed from source. They may be installed by binary packages. |
| client contrib module | This vulnerability exists in a contrib module used on the client only. |
| packaging | This vulnerability exists in PostgreSQL binary packaging, e.g. an installer or RPM. |