CVE-2023-5869
Postgresql: buffer overrun from integer overflow in array modification
HIGH 8.8
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 4.32 % · percentile 91 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7545
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7579
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7580
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7581
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7616
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7656
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7666
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7667
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7694
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7695
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7714
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7770
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7771
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7772
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7778
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7783
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7784
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7785
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7786
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7788
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7789
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7790
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7878
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7883
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7884
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7885
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0304
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0332
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0337
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5869
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247169
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-161-155-1410-1313-1217-and-1122-released-2749/
- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2023-5869/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0003/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00007.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-58143
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-5869
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0760 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0401 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Networks Secure Analytics · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0106 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0672 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0619 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0162 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0924 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans PostgreSQL · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 11.0 < 11.22cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 12.0 < 12.17cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 13.0 < 13.13cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 14.0 < 14.10cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 15.0 < 15.5cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_eus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_eus_for_power_little_endian_eus:9.0_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_eus_for_power_little_endian_eus:9.2_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_arm64_eus:8.6_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_arm64_eus:9.0_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_arm64_eus:9.2_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:9.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:9.2_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_power_little_endian_eus:9.0_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_power_little_endian_eus:9.2_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64:8.8_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:7.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:8.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:8.6_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:8.8_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:9.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:9.2_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian:7.0_ppc64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:7.0_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:8.0_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:8.6_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:8.8_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:9.0_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:9.2_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*- +9 more
Affected products
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |