CVE-2020-21469 (GCVE-0-2020-21469)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-22 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 14:30
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Summary
An issue was discovered in PostgreSQL 12.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via repeatedly sending SIGHUP signals. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because untrusted users cannot send SIGHUP signals; they can only be sent by a PostgreSQL superuser, a user with pg_reload_conf access, or a user with sufficient privileges at the OS level (the postgres account or the root account).
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