postgresql: Role pg_signal_backend can signal certain superuser processes.

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL involving the pgcancelbackend role that signals background workers, including the logical replication launcher, autovacuum workers, and the autovacuum launcher. Successful exploitation requires a non-core extension with a less-resilient background worker and would...

USN-6538-1 postgresql-12, postgresql-14, postgresql-15 vulnerabilities

Jingzhou Fu discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain unknown arguments in aggregate function calls. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. CVE-2023-5868 Pedro Gallegos discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled modifying certain SQL arra...

postgresql: extension script @substitutions@ within quoting allow SQL injection

IN THE EXTENSION SCRIPT, a SQL Injection vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL if it uses @extowner@, @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct dollar quoting, '', or "". If an administrator has installed files of a vulnerable, trusted, non-bundled extension, an attacker with...

postgresql: Role pg_signal_backend can signal certain superuser processes.

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL involving the pgcancelbackend role that signals background workers, including the logical replication launcher, autovacuum workers, and the autovacuum launcher. Successful exploitation requires a non-core extension with a less-resilient background worker and would...

postgresql: extension script @substitutions@ within quoting allow SQL injection

IN THE EXTENSION SCRIPT, a SQL Injection vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL if it uses @extowner@, @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct dollar quoting, '', or "". If an administrator has installed files of a vulnerable, trusted, non-bundled extension, an attacker with...

postgresql: extension script @substitutions@ within quoting allow SQL injection

IN THE EXTENSION SCRIPT, a SQL Injection vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL if it uses @extowner@, @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct dollar quoting, '', or "". If an administrator has installed files of a vulnerable, trusted, non-bundled extension, an attacker with...

postgresql: Role pg_signal_backend can signal certain superuser processes.

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL involving the pgcancelbackend role that signals background workers, including the logical replication launcher, autovacuum workers, and the autovacuum launcher. Successful exploitation requires a non-core extension with a less-resilient background worker and would...

postgresql: extension script @substitutions@ within quoting allow SQL injection

IN THE EXTENSION SCRIPT, a SQL Injection vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL if it uses @extowner@, @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct dollar quoting, '', or "". If an administrator has installed files of a vulnerable, trusted, non-bundled extension, an attacker with...

postgresql: extension script @substitutions@ within quoting allow SQL injection

IN THE EXTENSION SCRIPT, a SQL Injection vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL if it uses @extowner@, @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct dollar quoting, '', or "". If an administrator has installed files of a vulnerable, trusted, non-bundled extension, an attacker with...

postgresql: Extension scripts replace objects not belonging to the extension.

A vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL. This attack requires permission to create non-temporary objects in at least one schema, the ability to lure or wait for an administrator to create or update an affected extension in that schema, and the ability to lure or wait for a victim to use the objec...

postgresql: extension script @substitutions@ within quoting allow SQL injection

IN THE EXTENSION SCRIPT, a SQL Injection vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL if it uses @extowner@, @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct dollar quoting, '', or "". If an administrator has installed files of a vulnerable, trusted, non-bundled extension, an attacker with...

postgresql: extension script @substitutions@ within quoting allow SQL injection

IN THE EXTENSION SCRIPT, a SQL Injection vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL if it uses @extowner@, @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct dollar quoting, '', or "". If an administrator has installed files of a vulnerable, trusted, non-bundled extension, an attacker with...

postgresql: extension script @substitutions@ within quoting allow SQL injection

IN THE EXTENSION SCRIPT, a SQL Injection vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL if it uses @extowner@, @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct dollar quoting, '', or "". If an administrator has installed files of a vulnerable, trusted, non-bundled extension, an attacker with...

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37937

An issue was found with how API keys are created with the Fleet-Server service account. When an API key is created with a service account, it is possible that the API key could be created with higher privileges than intended. Using this vulnerability, a compromised Fleet-Server service account...

MGASA-2023-0324 Updated postgresql packages fix security vulnerabilities

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities: Memory disclosure in aggregate function calls. CVE-2023-5868 Buffer overrun from integer overflow in array modification. CVE-2023-5869 Role pgsignalbackend can signal certain superuser processes. CVE-2023-5870...

Updated postgresql packages fix security vulnerabilities

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities: Memory disclosure in aggregate function calls. CVE-2023-5868 Buffer overrun from integer overflow in array modification. CVE-2023-5869 Role pgsignalbackend can signal certain superuser processes. CVE-2023-5870...

SUSE-SU-2023:4479-1 Security update for postgresql14

This update for postgresql14 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: CVE-2023-5868: Fix handling of unknown-type arguments in DISTINCT 'any' aggregate functions. This error led to a text-type value being interpreted as an unknown-type value that is, a zero-terminated string at runtime...

FreeBSD : postgresql-server -- Role pg_cancel_backend can signal certain superuser processes (bbb18fcb-7f0d-11ee-94b4-6cc21735f730)

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the bbb18fcb-7f0d-11ee-94b4-6cc21735f730 advisory. - Role pgcancelbackend can signal certain superuser processesmore details CVE-2023-5870 Note that Nessu...

postgresql-server -- Role pg_cancel_backend can signal certain superuser processes

PostgreSQL Project reports: Documentation says the pgcancelbackend role cannot signal "a backend owned by a superuser". On the contrary, it can signal background workers, including the logical replication launcher. It can signal autovacuum workers and the autovacuum launcher. Signaling autovacuum...

Vulnerability in core server (CVE-2023-5870)

Role "pgsignalbackend" can signal certain superuser processes Documentation says the pgsignalbackend role cannot signal "a backend owned by a superuser". On the contrary, it can signal background workers, including the logical replication launcher. It can signal autovacuum workers and the...