CVE-2021-23214

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    CVE-2021-23214

    Published: 4 Mar 2022Last Modified: 20 Oct 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=28e24125541545483093819efae9bca603441951, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-04, https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2021-23214/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2022666, https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/28e24125541545483093819efae9bca603441951

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -a4116b8d5a4f68803452d8f1aa3f74f302049a90

    Affected versions

    1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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