Access Restriction Bypass Affecting postgresql package, versions [,8.4.20)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-POSTGRESQL-2335992
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Mar 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Mar 2014

CVE-2014-0067  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade postgresql to version 8.4.20 or higher.

Overview

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

CVSS Scores

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