CVE-2020-25696

Published: 13 November 2020

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.

Notes

PostgreSQL 9.1 is end of life upstream, and no updates are
are available. Marking as ignored in precise.
PostgreSQL 9.3 is end of life upstream, and no updates are
are available. Marking as deferred in -esm-main releases.

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 7.5

Status

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-25696
• https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-131-125-1110-1015-9620-and-9524-released-2111/
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4633-1
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian