CVE-2024-10979
Public on 2024-11-14
Modified on 2024-12-11
Description
Incorrect control of environment variables in PostgreSQL PL/Perl allows an unprivileged database user to change sensitive process environment variables (e.g. PATH). That often suffices to enable arbitrary code execution, even if the attacker lacks a database server operating system user. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.1, 16.5, 15.9, 14.14, 13.17, and 12.21 are affected.
Severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra | libpq | 2024-12-05 | ALAS2POSTGRESQL14-2024-015 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | postgresql | 2025-02-12 | ALAS2-2025-2764 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql13 Extra | postgresql | 2024-12-05 | ALAS2POSTGRESQL13-2024-008 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra | postgresql | 2024-12-05 | ALAS2POSTGRESQL14-2024-014 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | postgresql15 | 2024-12-05 | ALAS2023-2024-787 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | postgresql16 | 2024-12-05 | ALAS2023-2024-786 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | postgresql8 | No Fix Planned | ||
| Amazon Linux 1 | postgresql92 | No Fix Planned | ||
| Amazon Linux 1 | postgresql93 | No Fix Planned | ||
| Amazon Linux 1 | postgresql94 | No Fix Planned | ||
| Amazon Linux 1 | postgresql95 | No Fix Planned | ||
| Amazon Linux 1 | postgresql96 | No Fix Planned |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |