CVE-2009-3230
6.5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
77.1%
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.
Affected configurations
References
archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-www/2009-09/msg00024.php
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
secunia.com/advisories/36660
secunia.com/advisories/36695
secunia.com/advisories/36727
secunia.com/advisories/36800
secunia.com/advisories/36837
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270408-1
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0012
www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-8.html
www.postgresql.org/support/security.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509917/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/36314
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-834-1
www.us.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1900
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2602
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522085
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10166
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00305.html
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00307.html
Related
6.5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
77.1%