CVE-2007-3279

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jun 19, 2007
Updated: Aug 7, 2024
Reserved: Jun 19, 2007

Description

PostgreSQL 8.1 and probably later versions, when the PL/pgSQL (plpgsql) language has been created, grants certain plpgsql privileges to the PUBLIC domain, which allows remote attackers to create and execute functions, as demonstrated by functions that perform local brute-force password guessing attacks, which may evade intrusion detection.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

40900vdb-entry
http://www.leidecker.info/pgshell/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.txt
MDKSA-2007:188vendor-advisory
http://www.portcullis.co.uk/uplds/whitepapers/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.pdf
20070616 Having Fun With PostgreSQLmailing-list
postgresql-dblink-weak-security(35144)vdb-entry

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