EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server up to 15.3.x _dbms_aq_move_to_exception_queue privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server up to 11.21.31/12.16.19/13.12.15/14.8.x/15.3.x. Affected is the function _dbms_aq_move_to_exception_queue. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-41119. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server up to 11.21.31/12.16.19/13.12.15/14.8.x/15.3.x. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) before 11.21.32, 12.x before 12.16.20, 13.x before 13.12.16, 14.x before 14.9.0, and 15.x before 15.4.0. It contains the function _dbms_aq_move_to_exception_queue that may be used to elevate a user's privileges to superuser. This function accepts the OID of a table, and then accesses that table as the superuser by using SELECT and DML commands.

The weakness was released 12/12/2023. The advisory is available at enterprisedb.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-41119 since 08/23/2023. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/31/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 11.21.32, 12.16.20, 13.12.16, 14.9.0 or 15.4.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-45638). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Vendor

• EnterpriseDB

Name

• Postgres Advanced Server

Version

• 11.21.0
• 11.21.1
• 11.21.2
• 11.21.3
• 11.21.4
• 11.21.5
• 11.21.6
• 11.21.7
• 11.21.8
• 11.21.9
• 11.21.10
• 11.21.11
• 11.21.12
• 11.21.13
• 11.21.14
• 11.21.15
• 11.21.16
• 11.21.17
• 11.21.18
• 11.21.19
• 11.21.20
• 11.21.21
• 11.21.22
• 11.21.23
• 11.21.24
• 11.21.25
• 11.21.26
• 11.21.27
• 11.21.28
• 11.21.29
• 11.21.30
• 11.21.31
• 12.16.0
• 12.16.1
• 12.16.2
• 12.16.3
• 12.16.4
• 12.16.5
• 12.16.6
• 12.16.7
• 12.16.8
• 12.16.9
• 12.16.10
• 12.16.11
• 12.16.12
• 12.16.13
• 12.16.14
• 12.16.15
• 12.16.16
• 12.16.17
• 12.16.18
• 12.16.19
• 13.12.0
• 13.12.1
• 13.12.2
• 13.12.3
• 13.12.4
• 13.12.5
• 13.12.6
• 13.12.7
• 13.12.8
• 13.12.9
• 13.12.10
• 13.12.11
• 13.12.12
• 13.12.13
• 13.12.14
• 13.12.15
• 14.0
• 14.1
• 14.2
• 14.3
• 14.4
• 14.5
• 14.6
• 14.7
• 14.8
• 15.0
• 15.1
• 15.2
• 15.3

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