CVE-2007-2138

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-2138
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-04-24 20:19:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability in PostgreSQL before 7.3.19, 7.4.x before 7.4.17, 8.0.x before 8.0.13, 8.1.x before 8.1.9, and 8.2.x before 8.2.4 allows remote authenticated users, when permitted to call a SECURITY DEFINER function, to gain the privileges of the function owner, related to "search_path settings."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postgresql Postgresql All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo update for postgresql - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
#200713: Security Vulnerability in PostgreSQL SECURITY DEFINER Functions May Allow Escalation of Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1311-1 postgresql-7.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- PostgreSQL: Privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian update for postgresql-8.1 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1309-1 postgresql-8.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
ASA-2007-190 (RHSA-2007-0336 and RHSA-2007-0337) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
PostgreSQL: News: Security Update Releases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.postgresql.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
PostgreSQL SECURITY DEFINER Functions Privilege Escalation - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Trustix update for postgresql - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
PostgreSQL SECURITY DEFINER Function Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
PostgreSQL Lets Remote Authenticated Users Gain Elevated SQL Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
rPath update for postgresql and postgresql-server - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for postgresql - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
PostgreSQL: Security Information af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.postgresql.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org Broken Link
Avaya Products PostgreSQL SECURITY DEFINER Privilege Escalation - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for postgresql - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Sun Solaris PostgreSQL SECURITY DEFINER Privilege Escalation - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian update for postgresql-7.4 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1292 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com Broken Link
Debian update for libexif - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
USN-454-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Mandriva update for postgresql - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
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