CVE-2023-5870
PostgreSQL Denial of Service
Description
A flaw was found in PostgreSQL involving the pg_cancel_backend role that signals background workers, including the logical replication launcher, autovacuum workers, and the autovacuum launcher. Successful exploitation requires a non-core extension with a less-resilient background worker and would affect that specific background worker only. This issue may allow a remote high privileged user to launch a denial of service (DoS) attack.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 10, 2023, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 14, 2024, 12:15 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
0.7
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0003/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 25, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0337 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 22, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0332 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 19, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0003/ [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 19, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0304 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 20, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7883 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7884 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7885 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7784 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7785 [No types assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7545 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7545 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7579 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7579 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7580 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7580 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7581 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7581 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7616 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7616 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7656 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7656 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7666 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7666 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7667 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7667 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7694 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7694 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7695 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7695 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7714 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7714 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7770 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7770 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7772 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7772 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5870 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5870 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247170 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247170 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-161-155-1410-1313-1217-and-1122-released-2749/ No Types Assigned https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-161-155-1410-1313-1217-and-1122-released-2749/ Release Notes Changed Reference Type https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2023-5870/ No Types Assigned https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2023-5870/ Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo Added CPE Configuration OR 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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7770 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7772 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 11, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7714 [No types assigned] -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Dec. 10, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A flaw was found in PostgreSQL involving the pg_cancel_backend role that signals background workers, including the logical replication launcher, autovacuum workers, and the autovacuum launcher. Successful exploitation requires a non-core extension with a less-resilient background worker and would affect that specific background worker only. This issue may allow a remote high privileged user to launch a denial of service (DoS) attack. Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7545 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7579 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7580 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7581 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7616 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7656 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7666 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7667 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7694 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7695 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5870 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247170 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-161-155-1410-1313-1217-and-1122-released-2749/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2023-5870/ [No types assigned] Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-400 Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-5870 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-5870
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.14 }} 0.02%
score
0.50104
percentile