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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-1720: Missing Authorization

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-1720: Missing Authorization

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/17/2020
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-postgresql
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-postgresql14
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-postgresql12
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-postgresql15

References

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