Medium severity · published Feb 23, 2021
CVE-2021-20229
A flaw was found in PostgreSQL in versions before 13.2
4.3
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in PostgreSQL in versions before 13.2. This flaw allows a user with SELECT privilege on one column to craft a special query that returns all columns of the table. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PO
PostgreSQL · PostgreSQL
13.0 before 13.2 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
33 · source: NVD
SC
Software Collections · Redhat
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20229
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20229
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925296
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-32
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210326-0005/
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