CVE-2007-2138

Description

Untrusted 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."

Category

6.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.20% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory postgresql.org Vendor Advisory postgresql.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/25334 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25717 third party advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0015/ vendor advisory broken link
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.791 patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25058 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-12.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:094 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1292 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24999 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25037 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24989 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23618 vdb entry third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-190.htm third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0337.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25725 third party advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/support/security.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017974 vdb entry third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33842 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25720 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1311 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1309 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1549 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25019 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-454-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25238 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0336.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102894-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25184 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1497 vdb entry third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10090 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/25005 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-2138?
CVE-2007-2138 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-2138?
To fix CVE-2007-2138, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-2138 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-2138 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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