CVE-2010-1975

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-05-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

PostgreSQL 7.4 before 7.4.29, 8.0 before 8.0.25, 8.1 before 8.1.21, 8.2 before 8.2.17, 8.3 before 8.3.11, and 8.4 before 8.4.4 does not properly check privileges during certain RESET ALL operations, which allows remote authenticated users to remove arbitrary parameter settings via a (1) ALTER USER or (2) ALTER DATABASE statement.

Affected products

PostgreSQL: 7.4, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.4.3, 7.4.4, 7.4.5 (+104)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/39939
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2051
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:103
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-7-4-29.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-0-25.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-21.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-2-17.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-3-11.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-4-4.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40304

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