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CVE-2012-0866

Published: Jul 18, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
5.2 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0866
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

CREATE TRIGGER in PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.18, 8.4.x before 8.4.11, 9.0.x before 9.0.7, and 9.1.x before 9.1.3 does not properly check the execute permission for trigger functions marked SECURITY DEFINER, which allows remote authenticated users to execute otherwise restricted triggers on arbitrary data by installing the trigger on an attacker-owned table.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3 (including)8.3 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.1 (including)8.3.1 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.2 (including)8.3.2 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.3 (including)8.3.3 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.4 (including)8.3.4 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.5 (including)8.3.5 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.6 (including)8.3.6 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.7 (including)8.3.7 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.8 (including)8.3.8 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.9 (including)8.3.9 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.10 (including)8.3.10 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.11 (including)8.3.11 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.12 (including)8.3.12 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.13 (including)8.3.13 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.14 (including)8.3.14 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.15 (including)8.3.15 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.16 (including)8.3.16 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.17 (including)8.3.17 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatpostgresql-0:8.1.23-4.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatpostgresql84-0:8.4.11-1.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatpostgresql-0:8.4.11-1.el6_2*
Postgresql-8.2Ubuntuhardy*
Postgresql-8.3Ubuntuhardy*
Postgresql-8.3Ubuntuupstream*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntulucid*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntumaverick*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntunatty*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntuoneiric*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntuupstream*
Postgresql-9.1Ubuntudevel*
Postgresql-9.1Ubuntuoneiric*
Postgresql-9.1Ubuntuprecise*
Postgresql-9.1Ubuntuquantal*
Postgresql-9.1Ubunturaring*
Postgresql-9.1Ubuntuupstream*

References

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