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CVE-2023-5868 Detail

Description

A memory disclosure vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL that allows remote users to access sensitive information by exploiting certain aggregate function calls with 'unknown'-type arguments. Handling 'unknown'-type values from string literals without type designation can disclose bytes, potentially revealing notable and confidential information. This issue exists due to excessive data output in aggregate function calls, enabling remote users to read some portion of system memory.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7545 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7579 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7580 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7581 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7616 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7656 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7666 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7667 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7694 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7695 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7714 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7770 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7772 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7784 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7785 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7883 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7884 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7885 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0304 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0332 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0337 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5868 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247168 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00007.html CVE
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0003/ CVE
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-161-155-1410-1313-1217-and-1122-released-2749/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Release Notes 
https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2023-5868/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mitigation  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-686 Function Call With Incorrect Argument Type Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-5868
NVD Published Date:
12/10/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/04/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.