CVE-2009-3230
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.5 · CWE-264
6.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1, 8.3 before 8.3.8, 8.2 before 8.2.14, 8.1 before 8.1.18, 8.0 before 8.0.22, and 7.4 before 7.4.26 does not use the appropriate privileges for the (1) RESET ROLE and (2) RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6600.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36660Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36695Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36727Advisory
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-www/2009-09/msg00024.php
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36800