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.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-23214US | high8.1OT elevated | — | ||
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… | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2022666ADVISORY
- https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=28e24125541545483093819efae9bca603441951WEB
- https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/28e24125541545483093819efae9bca603441951ADVISORY
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23214WEB
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-04ADVISORY
- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2021-23214/ADVISORY
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