Access Restriction Bypass Affecting postgresql package, versions [,7.4.29)[8.0.0,8.0.25)[8.1.0,8.1.21)[8.2.0,8.2.17)[8.3.0,8.3.11)[8.4.0,8.4.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-POSTGRESQL-2335979
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 May 2010
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 May 2010

CVE-2010-1975  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade postgresql to version 7.4.29, 8.0.25, 8.1.21, 8.2.17, 8.3.11, 8.4.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. 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.

CVSS Scores

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