Security Bulletin
Summary
EDB PostreSQL with IBM and EDB Postgres Advanced Server with IBM are vulnerable to an SQL Injection
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-23214
DESCRIPTION: PostgreSQL is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements when the server is configured to use trust authentication with a clientcert requirement or to use cert authentication, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213379 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
EDB PostgreSQL with IBM EDB Postgres Advanced Server with IBM | 13.1 |
IBM Data Management Platform for EDB Enterprise IBM Data Management Platform for EDB Standard | 2.0.0 SR1 (includes EDB v12) |
IBM Data Management Platform for EDB Enterprise | 1.0.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to latest version of EDB Postgres Advanced Server and PostgreSQL.
https://www.enterprisedb.com/software-downloads-postgres
- If you have IBM Data Management Platform for EDB Enterprise, please download EDB Postgres Advanced Server.
- If you have IBM Data Management Platform for EDB Standard, please download PostgreSQL.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Jacob Champion
Change History
24 Nov 2021: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
Disclaimer
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
03 December 2021
UID
ibm16523426