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LIN8-13078 : Security Advisory - postgresql - CVE-2020-25696

Created: Nov 12, 2020    Updated: Dec 7, 2020
Found In Version: 8.0.0.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Userspace

Description

A flaw was found in the psql interactive terminal of PostgreSQL in versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. If an interactive psql session uses \gset when querying a compromised server, the attacker can execute arbitrary code as the operating system account running psql. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25696
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