CVE-2020-1720

Name
CVE-2020-1720
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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1720
Release Notes https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2011/
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* postgresql >= 9.6 < 9.6.17
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* postgresql >= 10.0 < 10.12
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* postgresql >= 11.0 < 11.7
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* postgresql >= 12.0 < 12.2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
postgresql15 edge-main 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql15 edge-community 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql15 3.20-main 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql15 3.19-main 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql15 3.18-main 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql15 3.17-main 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql14 edge-main 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql14 edge-community 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql14 3.20-community 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql14 3.19-community 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql14 3.18-main 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql14 3.17-main 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql12 edge-community 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql12 3.18-community 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql12 3.17-community 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql edge-main 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql edge-main 11.5-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 11.4-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 11.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 11.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 10.5-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 10.4-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 10.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 10.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 10.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 9.6.4-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 9.6.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql 3.12-main 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql 3.11-main 12.2-r0 None fixed
postgresql 3.10-main 11.7-r0 None fixed