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PostgreSQL Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory:	SA18890	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-02-15
Last Update:	2006-02-28
Popularity:	10,641 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation DoS
Where:	From local network
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	PostgreSQL 7.x PostgreSQL 8.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-0553 CVE-2006-0678

Description: Two vulnerabilities have been reported in PostgreSQL, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or gain escalated privileges. 1) A validation error exists within the handling of the SET ROLE command when restoring the previous role setting after an error. This can be exploited by an authenticated user to gain superuser privileges. The vulnerability has been reported in the 8.1 branch. 2) An error in the SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION command can be exploited to crash the server process, if it has been compiled with Asserts enabled. The vulnerability has been reported in the 7.3, 7.4, 8.0 and 8.1 branch. Solution: Update to the fixed versions. http://www.postgresql.org/download/ Version 7.3.x: Update to version 7.3.14. Version 7.4.x: Update to version 7.4.12. Version 8.0.x: Update to version 8.0.7. Version 8.1.x: Update to version 8.1.3. Provided and/or discovered by: The vendor credits Akio Ishida. Changelog: 2006-02-28: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note. Original Advisory: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2006-02/msg00008.php http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/release-7-3-14.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/release-7-4-12.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/release-8-0-7.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/release.html#RELEASE-8-1-3 Other References: US-CERT VU#567452: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/567452

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