CVE-2007-6600

PostgreSQL privilege escalation

Published Jan 9, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 3.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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 uses superuser privileges instead of table owner privileges for (1) VACUUM and (2) ANALYZE operations within index functions, and supports (3) SET ROLE and (4) SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION within index functions, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1460-1 New postgresql-8.1 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1463-1 New postgresql-7.4 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-6566 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 uses superuser privileges instead of table owner privileges for (1) VACUUM and (2) ANALYZE operations within index functions, and supports (3) SET ROLE and (4) SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION within index functions, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-568-1 PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
References
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http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28359 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28376 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28437 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28438 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28445 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28454 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28455 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28464 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28477 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28479 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28679 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28698 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29638 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019157 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103197-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200559-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1460 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1463 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:004 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.905 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0038.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0039.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0040.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485864/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486407/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27163 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0061 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0109 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1071/references cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39496 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1768 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6600 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10493 cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/568-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6600 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00397.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00469.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 4:11 PM
Reserved
Dec 31, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 9, 2008, 9:46 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:48 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 7, 2008, 12:00 AM