CVE-2020-1720

low-risk
Published 2020-03-17

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.35% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 3.1/10 Low
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Redhat Postgresql

References (6)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1720
Release Notes https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2011/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1720
Release Notes https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2011/
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low-risk
Severity 11/34 · Low
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low