CVE-2013-1901

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-04-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4 and 9.1.x before 9.1.9 does not properly check REPLICATION privileges, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended backup restrictions by calling the (1) pg_start_backup or (2) pg_stop_backup functions.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 8.04, 10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10
PostgreSQL: 9.2, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.3, 9.1, 9.1.1 (+7)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00004.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101519.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102806.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00012.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5892
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2658
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:142

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