CVE-2020-17446: Asyncpg Arbitrary Code Execution Via Access to an Uninitialized Pointer
(updated )
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.
References
- github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg
- github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/commit/69bcdf5bf7696b98ee708be5408fd7d854e910d0
- github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/releases/tag/v0.21.0
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-2xpj-f5g2-8p7m
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/asyncpg/PYSEC-2020-24.yaml
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00002.html
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17446
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