Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PostgreSQL - CVE-2010-3433
Published: September 19, 2017 / Updated: June 23, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111766
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3433
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to read and manipulate data.
The PL/perl and PL/Tcl implementations in PostgreSQL 7.4 before 7.4.30, 8.0 before 8.0.26, 8.1 before 8.1.22, 8.2 before 8.2.18, 8.3 before 8.3.12, 8.4 before 8.4.5, and 9.0 before 9.0.1 do not properly protect script execution by a different SQL user identity within the same session, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via crafted script code in a SECURITY DEFINER function, as demonstrated by (1) redefining standard functions or (2) redefining operators, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1168, CVE-2010-1169, CVE-2010-1170, and CVE-2010-1447.
Affected software
PostgreSQL
Gentoo Linux
dev-db/postgresql
dev-db/postgresql-server
Gentoo Linux
dev-db/postgresql
dev-db/postgresql-server
How to mitigate CVE-2010-3433
Install update from vendor's website.
PostgreSQL - addressed in versions 7.4.30, 8.0.26, 8.1.22, 8.2.18, 8.3.12, 8.4.5, 9.0.1
dev-db/postgresql - update to 9.0.5
dev-db/postgresql-server - update to 9.0.5
dev-db/postgresql - update to 9.0.5
dev-db/postgresql-server - update to 9.0.5
External References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049591.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049592.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42325
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2120
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:197
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1244
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-1.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0742.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0908.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43747
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1002-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1002-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3051
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639371
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7291