PostgreSQL 7.4 < 7.4.30 / 8.0 < 8.0.26 / 8.1 < 8.1.22 / 8.2 < 8.2.18 / 8.3 < 8.3.12 / 8.4 < 8.4.5 / 9.0 < 9.0.1

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63350

Synopsis

The remote database server is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of PostgreSQL installed on the remote host is 7.4 prior to 7.4.30, 8.0 prior to 8.0.26, 8.1 prior to 8.1.22, 8.2 prior to 8.2.18, 8.3 prior to 8.3.12, 8.4 prior to 8.4.5, or 9.0 prior to 9.0.1. It therefore is potentially affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

A remote, authenticated attacker could elevate privileges via specially crafted code in a SECURITY DEFINER function.

Solution

Upgrade to PostgreSQL 7.4.30 / 8.0.26 / 8.1.22 / 8.2.18 / 8.3.12 / 8.4.5 / 9.0.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1244/

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/release.html#RELEASE-7-4-30

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/release.html#RELEASE-8-0-26

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/release-8-1-22.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/release-8-2-18.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/release-8-3-12.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-5.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/release.html#RELEASE-9-0-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63350

File Name: postgresql_20101005.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: Databases

Published: 12/28/2012

Updated: 4/4/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3433

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3433

BID: 43747