UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5869 (CVE-2023-5869)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-11-15 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:45 – Source website
VLAI
Details

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL that allows authenticated database users to execute arbitrary code through missing overflow checks during SQL array value modification. This issue exists due to an integer overflow during array modification where a remote user can trigger the overflow by providing specially crafted data. This enables the execution of arbitrary code on the target system, allowing users to write arbitrary bytes to memory and extensively read the server's memory.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
To clipboard 

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6",
            "binary_version": "9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpq5",
            "binary_version": "9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-contrib-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "postgresql-9.3",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.3@9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "9.3.1-1",
        "9.3.2-1",
        "9.3.2-1ubuntu1",
        "9.3.2-1ubuntu2",
        "9.3.3-1",
        "9.3.3-1bzr1",
        "9.3.3-1bzr2",
        "9.3.4-1",
        "9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.8-0ubuntu0.4.04",
        "9.3.9-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.11-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.13-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.15-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.16-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.17-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "9.3.19-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.20-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.22-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.23-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3",
            "binary_version": "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6",
            "binary_version": "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3",
            "binary_version": "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpq5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-contrib-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm6"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "postgresql-9.5",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.5@9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm6?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "9.5.0-1",
        "9.5.0-2",
        "9.5.0-3",
        "9.5.1-1",
        "9.5.2-1",
        "9.5.3-0ubuntu0.16.04",
        "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
        "9.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04",
        "9.5.6-0ubuntu0.16.04",
        "9.5.7-0ubuntu0.16.04",
        "9.5.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "9.5.9-0ubuntu0.16.04",
        "9.5.10-0ubuntu0.16.04",
        "9.5.11-0ubuntu0.16.04",
        "9.5.12-0ubuntu0.16.04",
        "9.5.13-0ubuntu0.16.04",
        "9.5.14-0ubuntu0.16.04",
        "9.5.16-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "9.5.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "9.5.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "9.5.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "9.5.21-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "9.5.23-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1",
        "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm2",
        "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3",
        "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4",
        "9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3",
            "binary_version": "10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6",
            "binary_version": "10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3",
            "binary_version": "10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpq5",
            "binary_version": "10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-10",
            "binary_version": "10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-10",
            "binary_version": "10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-10",
            "binary_version": "10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-10",
            "binary_version": "10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-10",
            "binary_version": "10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-10",
            "binary_version": "10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-10",
            "binary_version": "10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-10",
            "binary_version": "10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "postgresql-10",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-10@10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra/bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "10.1-1",
        "10.1-2",
        "10.2-1",
        "10.3-1",
        "10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04",
        "10.5-0ubuntu0.18.04",
        "10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.9-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.10-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.12-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.14-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.16-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.18-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.19-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.20-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.22-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "10.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3",
            "binary_version": "12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6",
            "binary_version": "12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3",
            "binary_version": "12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpq5",
            "binary_version": "12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-12",
            "binary_version": "12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-12",
            "binary_version": "12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-12",
            "binary_version": "12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-12",
            "binary_version": "12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-12",
            "binary_version": "12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-12",
            "binary_version": "12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-12",
            "binary_version": "12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "postgresql-12",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-12@12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "12.0-1",
        "12.1-1",
        "12.1-2build1",
        "12.2-1",
        "12.2-1ubuntu2",
        "12.2-4",
        "12.4-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
        "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
        "12.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
        "12.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
        "12.8-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
        "12.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
        "12.10-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
        "12.11-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
        "12.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
        "12.13-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
        "12.14-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
        "12.15-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
        "12.16-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3",
            "binary_version": "14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6",
            "binary_version": "14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3",
            "binary_version": "14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpq5",
            "binary_version": "14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-14",
            "binary_version": "14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-14",
            "binary_version": "14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-14",
            "binary_version": "14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-14",
            "binary_version": "14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-14",
            "binary_version": "14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-14",
            "binary_version": "14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-14",
            "binary_version": "14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "postgresql-14",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-14@14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "14.1-1ubuntu1",
        "14.2-1",
        "14.2-1ubuntu1",
        "14.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1",
        "14.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1",
        "14.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1",
        "14.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1",
        "14.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.1",
        "14.8-0ubuntu0.22.04.1",
        "14.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A flaw was found in PostgreSQL that allows authenticated database users to execute arbitrary code through missing overflow checks during SQL array value modification. This issue exists due to an integer overflow during array modification where a remote user can trigger the overflow by providing specially crafted data. This enables the execution of arbitrary code on the target system, allowing users to write arbitrary bytes to memory and extensively read the server\u0027s memory.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5869",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:45:08Z",
  "published": "2023-11-15T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5869"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2023-5869/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-161-155-1410-1313-1217-and-1122-released-2749/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=c48008f599fd0e3bca2923ff5b40b559ae1e4e2e"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6538-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6570-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6538-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5869"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-6538-1",
    "USN-6570-1",
    "USN-6538-2"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-5869"
  ]
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.