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PYSEC-2020-24

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2020-08-12 16:15 - Updated: 2020-09-03 01:15

Details

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.

Impacted products

Name	purl
asyncpg	pkg:pypi/asyncpg

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "asyncpg",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/asyncpg"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.21.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.5.0",
        "0.5.1",
        "0.5.2",
        "0.5.3",
        "0.5.4",
        "0.6.1",
        "0.6.2",
        "0.6.3",
        "0.7.0",
        "0.8.0",
        "0.8.1",
        "0.8.2",
        "0.8.3",
        "0.8.4",
        "0.9.0.dev1",
        "0.9.0",
        "0.10.0",
        "0.10.1",
        "0.11.0",
        "0.12.0",
        "0.13.0",
        "0.14.0",
        "0.15.0",
        "0.16.0",
        "0.17.0",
        "0.18.0",
        "0.18.1",
        "0.18.2",
        "0.18.3",
        "0.19.0",
        "0.20.0",
        "0.20.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-17446",
    "GHSA-2xpj-f5g2-8p7m"
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2020-24",
  "modified": "2020-09-03T01:15:00Z",
  "published": "2020-08-12T16:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/releases/tag/v0.21.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00002.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2xpj-f5g2-8p7m"
    }
  ]
}

BREW-DSTACK-CVE-2020-17446 (GHSA-2XPJ-F5G2-8P7M)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:43 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:52 – Source website

Summary

Asyncpg Arbitrary Code Execution Via Access to an Uninitialized Pointer

Details

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.3 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

URL

Type

	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17446	ADVISORY
	https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/commit/69bc…	WEB
	https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg	PACKAGE
	https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/releases/ta…	WEB
	https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2xpj-f5g2-8p7m	ADVISORY
	https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/ma…	WEB
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020…	WEB

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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "fix": "bump",
        "range_state": "fixed",
        "resource": "asyncpg",
        "resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/asyncpg@0.31.0",
        "upstream_fixed_in": "0.21.0"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Homebrew",
        "name": "dstack",
        "purl": "pkg:brew/dstack"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
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    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "confidence": "high",
    "source": "matched",
    "strategy": "registry",
    "upstream_evidence": [
      {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "key": "pkg:pypi/asyncpg@0.31.0",
        "name": "asyncpg",
        "resource": "asyncpg",
        "strategy": "registry",
        "subject_version": "0.31.0"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "BREW-dstack-CVE-2020-17446",
  "modified": "2026-09-09T23:52:21Z",
  "published": "2026-08-13T16:43:57Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17446"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/commit/69bcdf5bf7696b98ee708be5408fd7d854e910d0"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/releases/tag/v0.21.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2xpj-f5g2-8p7m"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/asyncpg/PYSEC-2020-24.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00002.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Asyncpg Arbitrary Code Execution Via Access to an Uninitialized Pointer",
  "upstream": [
    "GHSA-2xpj-f5g2-8p7m",
    "CVE-2020-17446",
    "PYSEC-2020-24"
  ]
}

CVE-2020-17446 (GCVE-0-2020-17446)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-08-12 15:56 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:53

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2339 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/releases/ta…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Date Public

2020-08-09 00:00

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GHSA-2XPJ-F5G2-8P7M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-04-20 16:30 – Updated: 2024-09-12 21:06

Summary

Asyncpg Arbitrary Code Execution Via Access to an Uninitialized Pointer

Details

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "asyncpg"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.21.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-17446"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-824"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-04-14T21:35:20Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-08-12T16:15:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-2xpj-f5g2-8p7m",
  "modified": "2024-09-12T21:06:18Z",
  "published": "2021-04-20T16:30:51Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17446"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/commit/69bcdf5bf7696b98ee708be5408fd7d854e910d0"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg"
    },
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    },
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  "summary": "Asyncpg Arbitrary Code Execution Via Access to an Uninitialized Pointer"
}

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