Vulnerability · Published Aug 12, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-17446
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the asyncpg package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.4% (higher than 84% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.4%top 15.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
asyncpg before 0.21.0 allows a malicious PostgreSQL server to trigger a crash or execute arbitrary code (on a database client) via a crafted server response, because of access to an uninitialized pointer in the array data decoder.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | asyncpg | 0.21.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-17446 |
| Debian:13 | asyncpg | 0.21.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-17446 |
| Debian:14 | asyncpg | 0.21.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-17446 |
| PyPI | asyncpg | 0.21.0 | GHSA-2xpj-f5g2-8p7m |
| PyPI | asyncpg | 0.21.0 | PYSEC-2020-24 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/releases/tag/v0.21.0 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200902 [SECURITY] [DLA 2363-1] asyncpg security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST