Check Point Advisories

PostgreSQL SQL Injection (CVE-2020-25695)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-3805
Date Published:	23 Apr 2023
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 23 April, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-25695
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80
Who is Vulnerable?	PostgreSQL versions prior to 9.5.24 PostgreSQL versions 9.6.0 prior to 9.6.20 PostgreSQL versions 10.0 prior to 10.15 PostgreSQL versions 11.0 prior to 11.10 PostgreSQL versions 12.0 prior to 12.5 PostgreSQL versions 13.0 prior to 13.1
Vulnerability Description	An SQL injection vulnerability exists in PostgreSQL. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the PostgreSQL SQL Injection (CVE-2020-25695) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: PostgreSQL SQL Injection (CVE-2020-25695)