#VU41880 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PostgreSQL - CVE-2014-0060

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#VU41880 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PostgreSQL - CVE-2014-0060

Published: March 31, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41880
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2014-0060
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PostgreSQL
Software vendor:
PostgreSQL Global Development Group

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to manipulate data.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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