Path traversal in pgAdmin - CVE-2023-0241

 

Path traversal in pgAdmin - CVE-2023-0241

Published: January 24, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU71456
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0241
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and change another user's settings or alter the database.


Affected software

pgAdmin
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Server Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
Fedora
pgadmin4
pgadmin4-debuginfo
pgadmin4-doc
pgadmin4-web
pgadmin4-web-uwsgi

How to mitigate CVE-2023-0241

Install update from vendor's website.

pgAdmin - update to 6.19
pgadmin4 - update to 4.30-150300.3.9.1
pgadmin4-debuginfo - update to 4.30-150300.3.9.1
pgadmin4-doc - update to 4.30-150300.3.9.1
pgadmin4-web - update to 4.30-150300.3.9.1
pgadmin4-web-uwsgi - update to 4.30-150300.3.9.1
pgadmin4 - update to 6.19-1.fc36

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