CVE-2020-1720 LOW

CVE-2020-1720

Vendor Red Hat
Product postgresql
Weakness CWE-285
Published March 17, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

3.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 17, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated