CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-6601

Improper Authentication

Published: Jan 09, 2008 | Modified: Jan 18, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED

The DBLink module in PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, 7.4 before 7.4.19, and 7.3 before 7.3.21, when local trust or ident authentication is used, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3278.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.0 (including) 7.3.21 (excluding)
Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.0 (including) 7.4.19 (excluding)
Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.0 (including) 8.0.15 (excluding)
Postgresql Postgresql 8.1.0 (including) 8.1.11 (excluding)
Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.0 (including) 8.2.6 (excluding)
Postgresql Postgresql 8.2 (including) 8.2 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 RedHat rh-postgresql-0:7.3.21-1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RedHat postgresql-0:7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 *
Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4 RedHat postgresql-0:8.1.11-1.el4s1.1 *
Postgresql-8.1 Ubuntu dapper *
Postgresql-8.1 Ubuntu edgy *
Postgresql-8.1 Ubuntu feisty *
Postgresql-8.1 Ubuntu gutsy *
Postgresql-8.2 Ubuntu feisty *
Postgresql-8.2 Ubuntu gutsy *
Postgresql-8.2 Ubuntu hardy *

Potential Mitigations

References