PostgreSQL LOAD Extension Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:12411

Info

PostgreSQL LOAD Extension Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12411
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0227
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 01 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 15 2007 11:37PM
Credit: John Heasman is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0
SuSE Linux 8.1
SGI ProPack 3.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
Redhat Fedora Core3
Redhat Fedora Core2
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1 IA64
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 8.0
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.4.6
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.4.5
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Edition
 + Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Edition
 + Turbolinux Appliance Server Hosting Edition 1.0
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server Workgroup Edition 1.0
+ Turbolinux Home
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 9.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.4.3
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.4
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.3.4
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.3.3
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.3.2
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.3.1
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG 1.2
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.3
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.2.4
+ Redhat Linux 8.0
+ Redhat Linux 7.3
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.2.3
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.2.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.2.1
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
+ Gentoo Linux 0.7
+ Gentoo Linux 0.5
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
 + SuSE Linux 8.0
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.1.3
+ Redhat Linux 7.2
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.3
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.1
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.1.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.1.1
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.1
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.0.3
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 7.1
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.0.2
+ MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Wirex Immunix OS 7.0
+ Wirex Immunix OS 7+
 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 6.5.3
+ Wirex Immunix OS 6.2
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 6.3.2
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 8.0.1
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.4.7
+ Gentoo Linux
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.3.9
+ Redhat Desktop 3.0
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.2.7
+ SuSE Linux 8.1

Discussion

PostgreSQL LOAD Extension Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A local privilege-escalation vulnerability affects PostgreSQL because it fails to restrict critical functionality to privileged users.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the affected database, potentially facilitating privilege escalation.

Exploit / POC

PostgreSQL LOAD Extension Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

PostgreSQL LOAD Extension Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates dealing with this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Redhat Fedora Core2

Redhat Fedora Core3

SGI ProPack 3.0

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 6.3.2

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 6.5.3

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.0.2

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.0.3

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.1

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.1.1

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.1.2

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.1.3

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.2

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.2.1

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.2.2

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.2.3

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.2.4

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.3

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.3.1

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.3.2

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.3.3

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.3.4

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.4

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.4.3

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.4.5

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 7.4.6

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 8.0

References

PostgreSQL LOAD Extension Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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