CVE-2014-0067

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% 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-264

Description

The "make check" command for the test suites in PostgreSQL 9.3.3 and earlier does not properly invoke initdb to specify the authentication requirements for a database cluster to be used for the tests, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this cluster.

Affected products

macOS: 10.10.4
Apple Mac Os X Server: 5.0.3
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://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00038.html
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2865
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65721
https://support.apple.com/HT205219
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html

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