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CVE-2020-14350

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: August 24, 2020 at 12:42 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:54 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLeap

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%
16.0418.0420.04
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
9.0
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%
15.115.2
PostgreSQL· PostgreSQL
95%
v < 12.410.0 ≤ v < 10.1411.0 ≤ v < 11.912.0 ≤ v < 12.49.5 ≤ v < 9.5.239.6 ≤ v < 9.6.19
Affected range stops below 10.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 11.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 12.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.5.23, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.6.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (11)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00044.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00049.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00050.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00003.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00008.html
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1865746
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00028.html

CVSS

7.3HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-426

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