National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-3279
Original release date:06/19/2007
Last revised:11/15/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
PostgreSQL 8.1 and probably later versions, when the PL/pgSQL (plpgsql) language has been created, grants certain plpgsql privileges to the PUBLIC domain, which allows remote attackers to create and execute functions, as demonstrated by functions that perform local brute-force password guessing attacks, which may evade intrusion detection.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (09/28/2007)
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Red Hat does not consider this do be a security issue. Creating functions is intended feature of the PL/pgSQL language and is definitely not a security problem. Weak passwords are generally more likely to be guessed with brute force attacks and choosing a strong password according to good practices is considered to be a sufficent protection against this kind of attack.
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External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070616 Having Fun With PostgreSQL
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.portcullis.co.uk/uplds/whitepapers/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.pdf
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.leidecker.info/pgshell/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.txt
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 40900
External Source: XF
Name: postgresql-dblink-weak-security(35144)
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:188