CVE-2023-39418
Publication date 11 August 2023
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
A vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL with the use of the MERGE command, which fails to test new rows against row security policies defined for UPDATE and SELECT. If UPDATE and SELECT policies forbid some rows that INSERT policies do not forbid, a user could store such rows.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
---|---|---|
postgresql-10 | ||
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
postgresql-12 | ||
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
postgresql-14 | ||
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
postgresql-15 | ||
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
postgresql-9.1 | ||
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
postgresql-9.3 | ||
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
|
postgresql-9.5 | ||
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Notes
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 4.3 · Medium |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | Low |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-6296-1
- PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
- 17 August 2023
Other references
- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2023-39418/
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-154-149-1312-1216-1121-and-postgresql-16-beta-3-released-2689/
- https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=cb2ae5741f2458a474ed3c31458d242e678ff229 (REL_15_4)
- https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=cb2ae5741f2458a474ed3c31458d242e678ff229
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39418
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39418