The DBLink module in PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, 7.4 before 7.4.19, and 7.3 before 7.3.21, when…

Description

The DBLink module in PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, 7.4 before 7.4.19, and 7.3 before 7.3.21, when local trust or ident authentication is used, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3278.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (38)

• MDVSA-2008:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• DSA-1460 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 28445 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27163 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1768 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 28454 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20080107 PostgreSQL 2007-01-07 Cumulative Security Release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 28359 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.905 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 28679 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0109 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 28376 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 103197 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 28437 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11127 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 28455 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28477 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29638 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28479 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1463 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20080115 rPSA-2008-0016-1 postgresql postgresql-server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 28464 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28698 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SSRT080006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• 200559 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• USN-568-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• postgresql-dblink-privilege-escalation(39500) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-0552 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 28438 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1019157 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-0478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0039 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• GLSA-200801-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1071 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2007-6601](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-6601.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-6601)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 16:11 UTC.