CVE-2009-3230

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00307.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00305.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10166

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522085

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2602

http://www.us.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1900

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-834-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36314

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509917/100/0/threaded

http://www.postgresql.org/support/security.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-8.html

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0012

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270408-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/36837

http://secunia.com/advisories/36800

http://secunia.com/advisories/36727

http://secunia.com/advisories/36695

http://secunia.com/advisories/36660

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-www/2009-09/msg00024.php

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-09-17

Updated: 2018-10-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High