CVE-2021-23214

Server processes unencrypted bytes from man-in-the-middle

When the server is configured to use trust authentication with a clientcert requirement or to use cert authentication, a man-in-the-middle attacker can inject arbitrary SQL queries when a connection is first established, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption. This is similar to CVE-2011-0411 (different product).

The PostgreSQL project thanks Jacob Champion for reporting this problem.

Version Information

Affected Version Fixed In Fix Published
14 14.1 2021-11-11
13 13.5 2021-11-11
12 12.9 2021-11-11
11 11.14 2021-11-11
10 10.19 2021-11-11
9.6 9.6.24 2021-11-11

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CVSS 3.0

Overall Score 8.1
Component core server
Vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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