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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-04
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2022666
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/28e24125541545483093819efae9bca603441951
Vendor Advisory
https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2021-23214/
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
40.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-89
Status
published
Products (8)
fedoraproject/fedora
34
fedoraproject/fedora
35
postgresql/postgresql
14.0
postgresql/postgresql
< 9.6.24
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems
8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian
8.0
redhat/software_collections
1.0
Published
Mar 04, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026