Denial Of Service (DOS)

2023-11-2721:04:45

Veracode Vulnerability Database

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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

46.9%

JSON

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.

CPENameOperatorVersion
postgresql-11:bustereq11.10-0+deb10u1
postgresql-11:bustereq11.9-0+deb10u1
postgresql-11:bustereq11.12-0+deb10u1
postgresql-13:bullseyeeq13.3-1
postgresql-13:bullseyeeq13.1-1+b1
postgresql-13:bullseyeeq13.2-1
postgresql12:3.15eq12.10-r0
postgresql12:3.15eq12.15-r0
postgresql12:3.15eq12.9-r1
postgresql12:3.15eq12.12-r0

Name	Operator	Version
postgresql-11:buster	eq	11.10-0+deb10u1
postgresql-11:buster	eq	11.9-0+deb10u1
postgresql-11:buster	eq	11.12-0+deb10u1
postgresql-13:bullseye	eq	13.3-1
postgresql-13:bullseye	eq	13.1-1+b1
postgresql-13:bullseye	eq	13.2-1
postgresql12:3.15	eq	12.10-r0
postgresql12:3.15	eq	12.15-r0
postgresql12:3.15	eq	12.9-r1
postgresql12:3.15	eq	12.12-r0