PT-2023-27802 · Enterprisedb · Enterprisedb Postgres Advanced Server

Published 2023-12-12 · Updated 2023-12-14 · CVE-2023-41119

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) versions prior to 11.21.32 EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) versions 12.x prior to 12.16.20 EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) versions 13.x prior to 13.12.16 EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) versions 14.x prior to 14.9.0 EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) versions 15.x prior to 15.4.0

Description The issue concerns the function dbms aq move to exception queue that may be used to elevate a user's privileges to superuser. This function accepts the OID of a table and accesses that table as the superuser by using SELECT and DML commands.

Recommendations For versions prior to 11.21.32, update to version 11.21.32 or later. For versions 12.x prior to 12.16.20, update to version 12.16.20 or later. For versions 13.x prior to 13.12.16, update to version 13.12.16 or later. For versions 14.x prior to 14.9.0, update to version 14.9.0 or later. For versions 15.x prior to 15.4.0, update to version 15.4.0 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the dbms aq move to exception queue function until a patch is applied.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-41119

Affected Products

Enterprisedb Postgres Advanced Server

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41119 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41119 · Vendor Advisory
• https://enterprisedb.com/docs/security/advisories/cve202341119 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1734471811125870612 · Twitter Post