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veracodeVeracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:44389
HistoryNov 27, 2023 - 9:04 p.m.

Denial Of Service (DOS)

2023-11-2721:04:45
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
12
postgresql
vulnerability
pg_cancel_backend
denial of service
remote user

4.4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

46.8%

PostgreSQL is vulnerable to Denial Of Service (DOS). The vulnerability is caused due to a flaw involving pg_cancel_backend role that signals background workers, including the logical replication launcher, autovacuum workers, and the autovacuum launcher. This can lead to a remote high privileged user to launch a denial of service (DoS) attack.

References

4.4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

46.8%