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CVE-2019-10208

Publication date 8 August 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

A flaw was discovered in postgresql versions 9.4.x before 9.4.24, 9.5.x before 9.5.19, 9.6.x before 9.6.15, 10.x before 10.10 and 11.x before 11.5 where arbitrary SQL statements can be executed given a suitable SECURITY DEFINER function. An attacker, with EXECUTE permission on the function, can execute arbitrary SQL as the owner of the function.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Tom Lane discovered that PostgreSQL did not properly restrict functions declared as "SECURITY DEFINER". An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary SQL with the permissions of the function owner.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
postgresql-10 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 10.10-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
postgresql-11 19.10 eoan
Fixed 11.5-1
19.04 disco
Fixed 11.5-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
postgresql-9.1 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco 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-9.3 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
postgresql-9.5 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 9.5.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

leosilva

since 9.3 is not supported anymore by upstream and for now we don't have how to patch it I'm marking it as ignored.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4090-1
    • PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
    • 9 August 2019

Other references