CVE-2009-3230

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-09-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

PostgreSQL: 7.4, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.4.3, 7.4.4, 7.4.5 (+81)

References

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-www/2009-09/msg00024.php
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/36660
http://secunia.com/advisories/36695
http://secunia.com/advisories/36727
http://secunia.com/advisories/36800
http://secunia.com/advisories/36837
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270408-1
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0012
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-8.html

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