Vulnerability CVE-2020-14350
Published: 2020-08-24

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.

Type:

CWE-426

 (Untrusted Search Path)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.4/10
6.4/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Postgresql -> Postgresql 
Opensuse -> LEAP 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00044.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00049.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00050.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00003.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1865746
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00028.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-13
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4472-1/
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