Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2024-10976 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package postgresql-10. The fix is available in version 12.22-0ubuntu0.20.04.1; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.
CVSS metrics in full
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
- Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
- Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
- User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
- Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
- Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
- Availability impact: None.
Weakness class
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-10976 is classified as CWE-1250: Improper Preservation of Consistency Between Independent Representations of Shared State. The product has or supports multiple distributed components or sub-systems that are each required to keep their own local copy of shared data - such as state or cache - but the product does not ensure that all local copies remain consistent with each other.
Affected software
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-10976 is recorded against 6 packages.
- postgresql-10
- postgresql-12 (fixed in 12.22-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
- postgresql-14 (fixed in 14.15-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
- postgresql-16 (fixed in 16.6-0ubuntu0.24.04.1)
- postgresql-9.3
- postgresql-9.5 (fixed in 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm10)
Timeline and source
Published on 14 November 2024 and last revised on 22 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
www.postgresql.org (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
Other advisories for this package
postgresql-10 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Same weakness in other software
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-1250: Improper Preservation of Consistency Between Independent Representations of Shared State) in other software:
