Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PostgreSQL - CVE-2013-1901
Published: April 4, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32711
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1901
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Affected software:
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to manipulate data.
PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4 and 9.1.x before 9.1.9 does not properly check REPLICATION privileges, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended backup restrictions by calling the (1) pg_start_backup or (2) pg_stop_backup functions. Per http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1789-1/ "A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.04 LTS"
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1901
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101519.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102806.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00012.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5892
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2658
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:142
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1456/
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-9.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-4.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1789-1