CVE-2022-41862 Information disclosure in postgresql

What is CVE-2022-41862?

CVE-2022-41862 is a low-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 3 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In PostgreSQL, a modified, unauthenticated server can send an unterminated string during the establishment of Kerberos transport encryption. In certain conditions a server can cause a libpq client to over-read and report an error message containing uninitialized bytes.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41862?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including postgresql. It affects 6 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Postgresql Postgresql, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Integration Camel K, Redhat Integration Camel Quarkus, Redhat Integration Service Registry.

How do I fix CVE-2022-41862?

Upgrade postgresql to a fixed version for your release line: 12.14.0, 13.10.0, 14.7.0 or 15.2.0.

Is CVE-2022-41862 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41862 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-41862, ALSA-2023:6429, ALSA-2023:7016, BIT-postgresql-2022-41862, CLEANSTART-2026-NR73555, CLSA-2026-1785316580 and 23 more.