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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-2138: PostgreSQL: Privilege escalation

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-2138: PostgreSQL: Privilege escalation

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/24/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in PostgreSQL before 7.3.19, 7.4.x before 7.4.17, 8.0.x before 8.0.13, 8.1.x before 8.1.9, and 8.2.x before 8.2.4 allows remote authenticated users, when permitted to call a SECURITY DEFINER function, to gain the privileges of the function owner, related to "search_path settings."

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-db-postgresql

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