CVE-2014-0067

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Description

The CVE Program describes this issue as:

The "make check" command for the test suites in PostgreSQL 9.3.3 and earlier does not properly invoke initdb to specify the authentication requirements for a database cluster to be used for the tests, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this cluster.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect postgresql packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Software Collections. Refer to bug 1065863 for further details: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065863

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect postgresql packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Software Collections. Refer to bug 1065863 for further details: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065863

Additional information

  • Bugzilla 1065863: postgresql: Vulnerability during "make check"
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2014-0067

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

Important note

CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
Red HatNVD

CVSS v2 Base Score

4.6

4.6

Attack Vector

Local

Local

Access Complexity

Low

Low

Authentication

None

None

Confidentiality Impact

Partial

Partial

Integrity Impact

Partial

Partial

Availability Impact

Partial

Partial

CVSS v2 Vector

Red Hat: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank PostgreSQL project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Noah Misch as the original reporter.

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