ubuntu-cve-2014-0060
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-02-21 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly enforce the ADMIN OPTION restriction, which allows remote authenticated members of a role to add or remove arbitrary users to that role by calling the SET ROLE command before the associated GRANT command.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.1",
            "binary_version": "9.1.12-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "postgresql-9.1",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.1@9.1.12-1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "9.1.10-1bzr1",
        "9.1.11-1",
        "9.1.11-2"
      ]
    },
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          {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3",
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          },
          {
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          },
          {
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          },
          {
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          },
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          },
          {
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-contrib-9.3",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.3-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.3",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-9.3",
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          },
          {
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          },
          {
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        "name": "postgresql-9.3",
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      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "9.3.3-1"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "9.3.1-1",
        "9.3.2-1",
        "9.3.2-1ubuntu1",
        "9.3.2-1ubuntu2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly enforce the ADMIN OPTION restriction, which allows remote authenticated members of a role to add or remove arbitrary users to that role by calling the SET ROLE command before the associated GRANT command.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0060",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:41Z",
  "published": "2014-02-21T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0060"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2120-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0060"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2120-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-0060"
  ]
}



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