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Postgres LOAD Library Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Postgres LOAD Library Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/01/2005
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/01/2005
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

PostgreSQL (pgsql) 7.4.x, 7.2.x, and other versions allows local users to load arbitrary shared libraries and execute code via the LOAD extension.

Solution(s)

  • postgres-upgrade-7_3_9
  • postgres-upgrade-7_4_7
  • postgres-upgrade-8_0_1

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