PostgreSQL privilege escalation

PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, 7.4 before 7.4.19, and 7.3 before 7.3.21 uses superuser privileges instead of table owner privileges for 1 VACUUM and 2 ANALYZE operations within index functions, and supports 3 SET ROLE and 4 SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION within inde...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 / 7.10 : postgresql vulnerabilities (USN-568-1)

Nico Leidecker discovered that PostgreSQL did not properly restrict dblink functions. An authenticated user could exploit this flaw to access arbitrary accounts and execute arbitrary SQL queries. CVE-2007-3278, CVE-2007-6601 It was discovered that the TCL regular expression parser used by...

PostgreSQL privilege escalation

PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, 7.4 before 7.4.19, and 7.3 before 7.3.21 uses superuser privileges instead of table owner privileges for 1 VACUUM and 2 ANALYZE operations within index functions, and supports 3 SET ROLE and 4 SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION within inde...

PostgreSQL privilege escalation

PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, 7.4 before 7.4.19, and 7.3 before 7.3.21 uses superuser privileges instead of table owner privileges for 1 VACUUM and 2 ANALYZE operations within index functions, and supports 3 SET ROLE and 4 SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION within inde...

CVE-2007-6600

PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, 7.4 before 7.4.19, and 7.3 before 7.3.21 uses superuser privileges instead of table owner privileges for 1 VACUUM and 2 ANALYZE operations within index functions, and supports 3 SET ROLE and 4 SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION within inde...

CVE-2007-6600: Undefined Security Weakness

PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, 7.4 before 7.4.19, and 7.3 before 7.3.21 uses superuser privileges instead of table owner privileges for 1 VACUUM and 2 ANALYZE operations within index functions, and supports 3 SET ROLE and 4 SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION within inde...

PostgreSQL privilege escalation

With SET ROLE or SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION it's possible to elevate privileges to any database acccount, including superuser or cause database engine crash...

Security feature bypass

PostgreSQL 8.1.0 through 8.1.2 allows authenticated database users to gain additional privileges via "knowledge of the backend protocol" using a crafted SET ROLE to other database users, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0678...

CVE-2006-0553

PostgreSQL 8.1.0 through 8.1.2 allows authenticated database users to gain additional privileges via "knowledge of the backend protocol" using a crafted SET ROLE to other database users, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0678...

Vulnerability in core server (CVE-2006-0553)

A bug in the handling of SET ROLE allows escalation of privileges to any other database user, including superuser. A valid login is required to exploit this vulnerability...

CVE-2006-0553: Undefined Security Weakness

PostgreSQL 8.1.0 through 8.1.2 allows authenticated database users to gain additional privileges via "knowledge of the backend protocol" using a crafted SET ROLE to other database users, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0678...

postgresql81-server -- SET ROLE privilege escalation

The PostgreSQL team reports: Due to inadequate validity checking, a user could exploit the special case that SET ROLE normally uses to restore the previous role setting after an error. This allowed ordinary users to acquire superuser status, for example...