Memory leak in PostgreSQL - CVE-2021-32028
Published: May 13, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU53232
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32028
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Affected software:
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the INSERT ... ON CONFLICT ... DO UPDATE command implementation. A remote authenticated database user can execute the affected command to read arbitrary bytes of server memory. In the default
configuration, any authenticated database user can create prerequisite objects
and complete this attack at will.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-32028
Install updates from vendor's website.