MSRC_CVE-2020-14350

Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft - Published: 2020-08-02 00:00 - Updated: 2020-08-28 00:00
Summary
It was found that some PostgreSQL extensions did not use search_path safely in their installation script. An attacker with sufficient privileges could use this flaw to trick an administrator into executing a specially crafted script during the installation or update of such extension. This affects PostgreSQL versions before 12.4 before 11.9 before 10.14 before 9.6.19 and before 9.5.23.

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