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CVE-2014-0062

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 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: 2014-03-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Race condition in the (1) CREATE INDEX and (2) unspecified ALTER TABLE commands in 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 allows remote authenticated users to create an unauthorized index or read portions of unauthorized tables by creating or deleting a table with the same name during the timing window.

Affected products

• PostgreSQL: through 8.4.19; 8.4.1, 8.4.2, 8.4.3, 8.4.4, 8.4.5, 8.4.6 (+50)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00018.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00038.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0211.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0221.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0249.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0469.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61307
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6448
• http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864

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