Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PostgreSQL - CVE-2007-2138
Published: October 19, 2018 / Updated: June 23, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111781
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-2007-2138
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.
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."
Affected software
PostgreSQL
Gentoo Linux
dev-db/postgresql
Gentoo Linux
dev-db/postgresql
How to mitigate CVE-2007-2138
Install update from vendor's website.
PostgreSQL - addressed in versions 7.4.17, 8.0.13, 8.1.9, 8.2.4
dev-db/postgresql - update to 8.0.13
dev-db/postgresql - update to 8.0.13
External References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0336.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24989
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24999
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25005
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25019
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25037
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25058
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25184
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25238
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25334
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25717
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25720
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25725
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-12.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102894-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-190.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1309
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1311
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:094
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.791
- http://www.postgresql.org/support/security.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0337.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23618
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017974
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0015/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-454-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1497
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1549
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33842
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1292
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10090