CVE-2014-0060

PostgreSQL <8.4.20-9.3.3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly enforce the ADMIN OPTION restriction, which allows remote authenticated members of a role to add or remove arbitrary users to that role by calling the SET ROLE command before the associated GRANT command.

References (18)

Core 18
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0211.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0221.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0469.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0249.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6448
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2120-1
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2865
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00018.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00038.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/61307
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0060

Scores

EPSS 0.0054
EPSS Percentile 68.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (50)
postgresql/postgresql 8.4.1
postgresql/postgresql 8.4.2
postgresql/postgresql 8.4.3
postgresql/postgresql 8.4.4
postgresql/postgresql 8.4.5
postgresql/postgresql 8.4.6
postgresql/postgresql 8.4.7
postgresql/postgresql 8.4.8
postgresql/postgresql 8.4.9
postgresql/postgresql 8.4.10
... and 40 more
Published Mar 31, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026