Memory leak in PostgreSQL

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU59043

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3677

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform DoS attack or gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak during parallel sort operations. A remote user can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack or read arbitrary memory parts on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

PostgreSQL: 11.0 - 13.3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:postgresql_global_development_group:postgresql:13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2001857
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/13.4/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.