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CVE-2009-3230
The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1, 8.3 before 8.3.8, 8.2 before 8.2.14, 8.1 before 8.1.18, 8.0 before 8.0.22, and…
Medium6.5EPSS 2.8%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1, 8.3 before 8.3.8, 8.2 before 8.2.14, 8.1 before 8.1.18, 8.0 before 8.0.22, and 7.4 before 7.4.26 does not use the appropriate privileges for the (1) RESET ROLE and (2) RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6600.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (22)
- ADV-2009-2602 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-9474 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-8.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36314 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- HPSBMU02781 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 36837 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [pgsql-www] 20090909 Re: Incorrect CVE reference on security page (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/support/security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522085 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36660 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20100307 rPSA-2010-0012-1 postgresql postgresql-contrib postgresql-server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 36800 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10166 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-1900 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-9473 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 270408 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 36727 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-834-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0012 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36695 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
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