Access Restriction Bypass Affecting postgresql package, versions [,7.3.19)[7.4,7.4.17)[8.0,8.0.13)[8.1,8.1.9)[8.2,8.2.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.76% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-POSTGRESQL-2336033
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Apr 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Apr 2007

CVE-2007-2138  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade postgresql to version 7.3.19, 7.4.17, 8.0.13, 8.1.9, 8.2.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. Untrusted search path vulnerability in PostgreSQL before 7.3.19, 7.4.x before 7.4.17, 8.0.x before 8.0.13, 8.1.x before 8.1.9, and 8.2.x before 8.2.4 allows remote authenticated users, when permitted to call a SECURITY DEFINER function, to gain the privileges of the function owner, related to "search_path settings."

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