UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25696

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25696
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25696.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25696
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2020-11-13T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:19:30.422241Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in the psql interactive terminal of PostgreSQL in versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. If an interactive psql session uses \gset when querying a compromised server, the attacker can execute arbitrary code as the operating system account running psql. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / postgresql-9.3

Package

Name
postgresql-9.3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.3@2019-08-23?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2019-08-23

Affected versions

9.*

9.3.1-1
9.3.2-1
9.3.2-1ubuntu1
9.3.2-1ubuntu2
9.3.3-1
9.3.3-1bzr1
9.3.3-1bzr2
9.3.4-1
9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.8-0ubuntu0.4.04
9.3.9-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.11-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.13-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.15-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.16-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.17-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
9.3.19-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.20-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.22-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.23-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.24-0ubuntu0.14.04+esm1

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / postgresql-9.5

Package

Name
postgresql-9.5
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.5@9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

9.*

9.5.0-1
9.5.0-2
9.5.0-3
9.5.1-1
9.5.2-1
9.5.3-0ubuntu0.16.04
9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04
9.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04
9.5.6-0ubuntu0.16.04
9.5.7-0ubuntu0.16.04
9.5.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
9.5.9-0ubuntu0.16.04
9.5.10-0ubuntu0.16.04
9.5.11-0ubuntu0.16.04
9.5.12-0ubuntu0.16.04
9.5.13-0ubuntu0.16.04
9.5.14-0ubuntu0.16.04
9.5.16-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
9.5.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
9.5.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
9.5.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
9.5.21-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
9.5.23-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-dev",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq-dev",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.5-dbg",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-9.5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-contrib-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-contrib-9.5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-9.5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-9.5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-9.5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-9.5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "9.5.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / postgresql-10

Package

Name
postgresql-10
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-10@10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Affected versions

10.*

10.1-1
10.1-2
10.2-1
10.3-1
10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04
10.5-0ubuntu0.18.04
10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
10.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
10.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
10.9-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
10.10-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
10.12-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
10.14-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-dev",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq-dev",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq5",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-10",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-10-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-10",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-10-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-10",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-10",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-10-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-10",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-10-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-10",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-10-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-10",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-10-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-10",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-10-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "10.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / postgresql-12

Package

Name
postgresql-12
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-12@12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Affected versions

12.*

12.0-1
12.1-1
12.1-2build1
12.2-1
12.2-1ubuntu2
12.2-4
12.4-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-dev",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq-dev",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq5",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-12",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-12-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-12",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-12-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-12",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-12",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-12-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-12",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-12-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-12",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-12-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-12",
            "binary_version": "12.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
        }
    ]
}