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🛡️ CVE-2024-10977 on Ubuntu — postgresql-10

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Client use of server error message in PostgreSQL allows a server not trusted under current SSL or GSS settings to furnish arbitrary non-NUL bytes to the libpq application. For example, a man-in-the-middle attacker could send a long error message that a human or screen-scraper user of psql mistakes for valid query results. This is probably not a concern for clients where the user interface unambiguously indicates the boundary between one error message and other text. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.1, 16.5, 15.9, 14.14, 13.17, and 12.21 are affected.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-10977 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 high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-10977 is classified as CWE-348: Use of Less Trusted Source. The product has two different sources of the same data or information, but it uses the source that has less support for verification, is less trusted, or is less resistant to attack.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-10977 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-348: Use of Less Trusted Source) in other software:

CVE-2024-10977 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-11-14
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-04-22
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
postgresql-10 — —
postgresql-12 — 12.22-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
postgresql-14 — 14.15-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
postgresql-16 — 16.6-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
postgresql-9.3 — —
postgresql-9.5 — 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm10

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