CVE-2009-3230

CVE Details

Release Date:

2009-09-17

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. PostgreSQL 7.4.x before 7.4.27, 8.0.x before 8.0.23, 8.1.x before 8.1.19, 8.2.x before 8.2.15, 8.3.x before 8.3.9, and 8.4.x before 8.4.2 does not properly manage session-local state during execution of an index function by a database superuser, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a table with crafted index functions, as demonstrated by functions that modify (1) search_path or (2) a prepared statement, a related issue to CVE-2007-6600 and CVE-2009-3230.

See more information about CVE-2009-3230 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (postgresql)	ELSA-2009-1484	2009-10-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (postgresql)	ELSA-2009-1484	2009-10-07

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