CVE-2022-41946

MEDIUM

Postgresql Jdbc Driver < 42.2.27 - Information Disclosure

Title source: rule

Description

pgjdbc is an open source postgresql JDBC Driver. In affected versions a prepared statement using either `PreparedStatement.setText(int, InputStream)` or `PreparedStatemet.setBytea(int, InputStream)` will create a temporary file if the InputStream is larger than 2k. This will create a temporary file which is readable by other users on Unix like systems, but not MacOS. On Unix like systems, the system's temporary directory is shared between all users on that system. Because of this, when files and directories are written into this directory they are, by default, readable by other users on that same system. This vulnerability does not allow other users to overwrite the contents of these directories or files. This is purely an information disclosure vulnerability. Because certain JDK file system APIs were only added in JDK 1.7, this this fix is dependent upon the version of the JDK you are using. Java 1.7 and higher users: this vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.0. Java 1.6 and lower users: no patch is available. If you are unable to patch, or are stuck running on Java 1.6, specifying the java.io.tmpdir system environment variable to a directory that is exclusively owned by the executing user will mitigate this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 31.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-377 CWE-200 CWE-668
Status published

Affected Products (5)

postgresql/postgresql_jdbc_driver < 42.2.27
postgresql/postgresql_jdbc_driver
postgresql/postgresql_jdbc_driver
debian/debian_linux
org.postgresql/postgresql < 42.2.27Maven

Timeline

Published Nov 23, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026