High severity · published Mar 4, 2022
CVE-2021-23214
When the server is configured to use trust authentication with a clientcert requirement or to use cert authentication, a man-in-the-middle attacker can inject arbitrary SQL…
8.1
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
When the server is configured to use trust authentication with a clientcert requirement or to use cert authentication, a man-in-the-middle attacker can inject arbitrary SQL queries when a connection is first established, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PO
PostgreSQL · PostgreSQL
before 9.6.24; 10.0 before 10.19; 11.0 before 11.14; 12.0 before 12.9; 13.0 before 13.5; 14.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems · Redhat
8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian · Redhat
8.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35 · source: NVD
SC
Software Collections · Redhat
1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23214
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23214
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2022666
git.postgresql.org
https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=28e24125541545483093819efae9bca603441951
Patch
https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/28e24125541545483093819efae9bca603441951
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-04
Vendor Advisory
https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2021-23214/
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