Fedora 38 update for pgadmin4



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-5002
CWE-ID CWE-78
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

pgadmin4
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) OS Command Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU81468

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5002

CWE-ID: CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in external PostgreSQL utilities such as pg_dump and pg_restore. A remote user can pass specially crafted data via API to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.


Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 38

pgadmin4: before 6.21-3.fc38

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-8cc61c8b14


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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