CVE-2024-10979

Description

Incorrect control of environment variables in PostgreSQL PL/Perl allows an unprivileged database user to change sensitive process environment variables (e.g. PATH). That often suffices to enable arbitrary code execution, even if the attacker lacks a database server operating system user. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.1, 16.5, 15.9, 14.14, 13.17, and 12.21 are affected.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
postgresql-16	25.10 questing	Not in release
	25.04 plucky	Not in release
	24.10 oracular	Fixed 16.6-0ubuntu0.24.10.1
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 16.6-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
postgresql-14	25.10 questing	Not in release
	25.04 plucky	Not in release
	24.10 oracular	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 14.15-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
postgresql-12	25.10 questing	Not in release
	25.04 plucky	Not in release
	24.10 oracular	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 12.22-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
postgresql-10	25.10 questing	Not in release
	25.04 plucky	Not in release
	24.10 oracular	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
postgresql-9.5	25.10 questing	Not in release
	25.04 plucky	Not in release
	24.10 oracular	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm10
postgresql-9.3	25.10 questing	Not in release
	25.04 plucky	Not in release
	24.10 oracular	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Vulnerable, fix deferred
postgresql-9.1	25.10 questing	Not in release
	25.04 plucky	Not in release
	24.10 oracular	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
postgresql-17	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release

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Notes

leosilva

PostgreSQL 9.3 is end of life upstream, and no updates are are available. Marking as deferred in -esm-main releases.

mdeslaur

postgresql-16 will be removed from plucky, marking as ignored

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2024-10979

Cvss 3 Severity Score