SB2020072504 - SQL injection in F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management PostgreSQL component 

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SB2020072504 - SQL injection in F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management PostgreSQL component

Published: July 25, 2020 Updated: November 28, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2020072504
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16850)

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of statements involving CREATE TRIGGER REFERENCING. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable script and execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database when running the pg_upgrade utility on the database or during a pg_dump utility dump/restore cycle.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain administrative access to vulnerable web application.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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