CVE-2007-6601

Description

The DBLink module in 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, when local trust or ident authentication is used, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3278.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.46%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:004 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1460 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28445 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27163 patch third party advisory vdb entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1768 broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0038.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28454 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485864/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28359 vendor advisory third party advisory not applicable
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.905 broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00000.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0061 vdb entry permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/28679 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0109 third party advisory vdb entry permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/28376 third party advisory not applicable
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103197-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/28437 third party advisory not applicable
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11127 signature vdb entry broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/28455 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/28477 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/29638 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/28479 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1463 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0040.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486407/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28464 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/28698 third party advisory not applicable
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154 vendor advisory broken link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200559-1 vendor advisory broken link
https://usn.ubuntu.com/568-1/ vendor advisory broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39500 third party advisory vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00469.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28438 third party advisory not applicable
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019157 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00397.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0039.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1071/references vdb entry permissions required

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-6601?
CVE-2007-6601 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-6601?
To fix CVE-2007-6601, 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-2007-6601 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2007-6601 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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