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High · 8.1 CVE-2024-32655 EUVD-2024-1856GHSA-x9vc-6hfv-hg8c

Npgsql Vulnerable to SQL Injection via Protocol Message Size Overflow

Published May 9, 2024 · Updated Dec 12, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Npgsql is the .NET data provider for PostgreSQL. The `WriteBind()` method in `src/Npgsql/Internal/NpgsqlConnector.FrontendMessages.cs` uses `int` variables to store the message length and the sum of parameter lengths. Both variables overflow when the sum of parameter lengths becomes too large. This causes Npgsql to write a message size that is too small when constructing a Postgres protocol message to send it over the network to the database. When parsing the message, the database will only read a small number of bytes and treat any following bytes as new messages while they belong to the old message. Attackers can abuse this to inject arbitrary Postgres protocol messages into the connection, leading to the execution of arbitrary SQL statements on the application's behalf. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.14, 4.1.13, 5.0.18, 6.0.11, 7.0.7, and 8.0.3.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
npgsql npgsql >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.14, >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.13, >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.18, >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.11, >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.7, >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.3 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS npgsql No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS npgsql No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS npgsql No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS npgsql No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS npgsql No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
NuGet Npgsql >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.3 8.0.3 GHSA-x9vc-6hfv-hg8c
NuGet Npgsql < 4.0.14 4.0.14 GHSA-x9vc-6hfv-hg8c
NuGet Npgsql >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.13 4.1.13 GHSA-x9vc-6hfv-hg8c
NuGet Npgsql >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.18 5.0.18 GHSA-x9vc-6hfv-hg8c
NuGet Npgsql >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.11 6.0.11 GHSA-x9vc-6hfv-hg8c
NuGet Npgsql >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.7 7.0.7 GHSA-x9vc-6hfv-hg8c

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