CVE-2021-38140

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-38140
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-10 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-08-17 18:58:00 UTC
DescriptionThe set_user extension module before 2.0.1 for PostgreSQL allows a potential privilege escalation using RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION after set_user().

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Set User Project Set User All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Comparing REL2_0_0...REL2_0_1 · pgaudit/set_user · GitHub MISC github.com
Release REL2_0_1 · pgaudit/set_user · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
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