Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-25694

Title: Man-in-the-middle attack via connection parameter reuse

MITM

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-25694.

CWE Category CWE-327
Published Date Nov 16, 2020
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.1 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.57%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-25694: A flaw was found in PostgreSQL versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. If a client application that creates additional database connections only reuses the basic connection parameters while dropping security-relevant parameters, an opportunity for a man-in-the-middle attack, or the ability to observe clear-text transmissions, could exist. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Impacted Vendors

P
postgresql 1
A
anynines 1

Reference Links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894423 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201202-0003/ https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894423 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201202-0003/ https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-25694 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.