PostgreSQL Permissions Privileges and Access Controls Vulnerability - CVE-2009-3230 - Vulnerability Database

PostgreSQL Permissions Privileges and Access Controls Vulnerability - CVE-2009-3230

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Reference: CVE-2009-3230
Title: PostgreSQL Permissions Privileges and Access Controls Vulnerability
Overview:

The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1 8.3 before 8.3.8 8.2 before 8.2.14 8.1 before 8.1.18 8.0 before 8.0.22 and 7.4 before 7.4.26 does not use the appropriate privileges for the (1) RESET ROLE and (2) RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6600.