CVE-2006-0553

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

PostgreSQL 8.1.0 through 8.1.2 allows authenticated database users to gain additional privileges via "knowledge of the backend protocol" using a crafted SET ROLE to other database users, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0678.

Affected products

PostgreSQL: 8.1.0, 8.1.1, 8.1.2

References

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2006-02/msg00008.php
http://secunia.com/advisories/18890
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015636
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/567452
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.004-postgresql.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/release.html#RELEASE-8-1-3
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425037/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16649
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0605
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24718
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2006-02/msg00008.php
http://secunia.com/advisories/18890

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