CVE-2010-1169
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
PostgreSQL 7.4 before 7.4.29, 8.0 before 8.0.25, 8.1 before 8.1.21, 8.2 before 8.2.17, 8.3 before 8.3.11, 8.4 before 8.4.4, and 9.0 Beta before 9.0 Beta 2 does not properly restrict PL/perl procedures, which allows remote authenticated users, with database-creation privileges, to execute arbitrary Perl code via a crafted script, related to the Safe module (aka Safe.pm) for Perl. NOTE: some sources report that this issue is the same as CVE-2010-1447.
Find out more about CVE-2010-1169 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.2 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (postgresql) | RHSA-2010:0429 | 2010-05-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (postgresql) | RHSA-2010:0428 | 2010-05-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (rh-postgresql) | RHSA-2010:0427 | 2010-05-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (postgresql84) | RHSA-2010:0430 | 2010-05-19 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.0) | postgresql | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Tim Bunce for responsibly reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation