CVE-2007-3280

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

Description

The Database Link library (dblink) in PostgreSQL 8.1 implements functions via CREATE statements that map to arbitrary libraries based on the C programming language, which allows remote authenticated superusers to map and execute a function from any library, as demonstrated by using the system function in libc.so.6 to gain shell access.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

http://www.leidecker.info/pgshell/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.txt
MDKSA-2007:188vendor-advisory
40901vdb-entry
postgresql-dblink-command-execution(35145)vdb-entry
http://www.portcullis.co.uk/uplds/whitepapers/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.pdf
20070616 Having Fun With PostgreSQLmailing-list

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