cve-2007-3279
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-06-19 21:00
Modified
2024-08-07 14:14
Severity ?
Summary
PostgreSQL 8.1 and probably later versions, when the PL/pgSQL (plpgsql) language has been created, grants certain plpgsql privileges to the PUBLIC domain, which allows remote attackers to create and execute functions, as demonstrated by functions that perform local brute-force password guessing attacks, which may evade intrusion detection.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/40900
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.leidecker.info/pgshell/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:188
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.portcullis.co.uk/uplds/whitepapers/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.pdf
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471541/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35144
Impacted products
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