#VU100512 Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack in PostgreSQL - CVE-2024-10977
Published: November 15, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU100512
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-10977
CWE-ID: CWE-300
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
Software vendor:
PostgreSQL Global Development Group
PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to spoof error messages from the database.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in libpq, which allows a server not trusted under current SSL or GSS settings to furnish arbitrary non-NUL bytes to the libpq application. A remote attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle attack to send a long error message that a human or screen-scraper user of psql mistakes for valid query results.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.