Information disclosure in PostgreSQL - CVE-2023-5868

 

Information disclosure in PostgreSQL - CVE-2023-5868

Published: November 9, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82941
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5868
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Affected software:
PostgreSQL

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application in the aggregate function calls when handling "unknown"-type arguments. A remote user can read parts of system memory.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-5868

Install updates from vendor's website.

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