NVD

CVE-2020-25696 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

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.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.6 HIGH

Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894430	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894430	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07	Third Party Advisory
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-131-125-1110-1015-9620-and-9524-released-2111/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-131-125-1110-1015-9620-and-9524-released-2111/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-697	Incorrect Comparison	NIST
CWE-183	Permissive List of Allowed Inputs	Red Hat, Inc.

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Change History

8 change records found show changes

Reanalysis by NIST 12/09/2020 10:00:22 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 636 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions from (including) 9.5.0 up to (excluding) 9.5.24 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions from (including) 9.6.0 up to (excluding) 9.6.20 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions from (including) 10.0 up to (excluding) 10.15 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions from (including) 11.0 up to (excluding) 11.10 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* ver	Record truncated, showing 500 of 658 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions from (including) 9.5.0 up to (excluding) 9.5.24 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions from (including) 9.6.0 up to (excluding) 9.6.20 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions from (including) 10.0 up to (excluding) 10.15 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions from (including) 11.0 up to (excluding) 11.10 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* ver
Removed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:1.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894430 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894430 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Initial Analysis by NIST 12/07/2020 8:49:26 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V3.1		NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-697
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 636 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions from (including) 9.5.0 up to (excluding) 9.5.24 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions from (including) 9.6.0 up to (excluding) 9.6.20 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions from (including) 10.0 up to (excluding) 10.15 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions from (including) 11.0 up to (excluding) 11.10 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* ver
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:1.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894430 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894430 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html No Types Assigned	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07 No Types Assigned	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-131-125-1110-1015-9620-and-9524-released-2111/ No Types Assigned	https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-131-125-1110-1015-9620-and-9524-released-2111/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-25696
NVD Published Date:
11/23/2020
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2020-25696 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/21/2024 12:18:30 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/14/2024 2:52:03 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/06/2023 10:20:22 PM

Reanalysis by NIST 12/15/2020 2:37:13 PM

Reanalysis by NIST 12/09/2020 10:00:22 AM

Initial Analysis by NIST 12/07/2020 8:49:26 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 12/06/2020 9:15:15 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 12/02/2020 8:15:11 AM

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