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PostgreSQL: CVE-2013-1903: Incorrectly provides the superuser password to scripts

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PostgreSQL: CVE-2013-1903: Incorrectly provides the superuser password to scripts

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/04/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/26/2019
Modified
07/03/2019

Description

PostgreSQL, possibly 9.2.x before 9.2.4, 9.1.x before 9.1.9, 9.0.x before 9.0.13, 8.4.x before 8.4.17, and 8.3.x before 8.3.23 incorrectly provides the superuser password to scripts related to "graphical installers for Linux and Mac OS X," which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Solution(s)

  • postgres-upgrade-8_3_23
  • postgres-upgrade-8_4_17
  • postgres-upgrade-9_0_13
  • postgres-upgrade-9_1_9
  • postgres-upgrade-9_2_4

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