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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-0060 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (postgresql) | RHSA-2014:0211 | 2014-02-25 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (postgresql84) | RHSA-2014:0211 | 2014-02-25 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.4 (postgresql92-postgresql) | RHSA-2014:0469 | 2014-05-12 |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (postgresql92-postgresql) | RHSA-2014:0221 | 2014-02-27 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (postgresql) | RHSA-2014:0249 | 2014-03-04 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | postgresql | Not affected |
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