CVE-2023-39418
Published: 11 August 2023
A vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL with the use of the MERGE command, which fails to test new rows against row security policies defined for UPDATE and SELECT. If UPDATE and SELECT policies forbid some rows that INSERT policies do not forbid, a user could store such rows.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| leosilva | PostgreSQL 9.3 is end of life upstream, and no updates are are available. Marking as deferred in -esm-main releases. PostgreSQL 9.3 is end of life upstream, and no updates are are available. Marking as deferred in -esm-main releases. |
| mdeslaur | This only affects v15 |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
postgresql-14 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
trusty |
Does not exist
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| xenial |
Does not exist
|
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| bionic |
Does not exist
|
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| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(15.x only)
|
|
|
postgresql-12 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(15.x only)
|
|
|
postgresql-10 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
trusty |
Does not exist
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| bionic |
Not vulnerable
(15.x only)
|
|
|
postgresql-9.5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
trusty |
Does not exist
|
| bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(15.x only)
|
|
|
postgresql-9.3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
xenial |
Does not exist
|
| bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(15.x only)
|
|
|
postgresql-9.1 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
|
postgresql-15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
| bionic |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(15.4-1)
|
|
| lunar |
Released
(15.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 4.3 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-39418
- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2023-39418/
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-154-149-1312-1216-1121-and-postgresql-16-beta-3-released-2689/
- https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=cb2ae5741f2458a474ed3c31458d242e678ff229 (REL_15_4)
- https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=cb2ae5741f2458a474ed3c31458d242e678ff229
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39418
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6296-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian