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USN-876-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

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USN-876-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/15/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-8-3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-8-4

References

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