VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-0553
PostgreSQL 8.1.0 through 8.1.2 allows authenticated database users to gain additional privileges via "knowledge of the backend protocol" using a crafted SET ROLE to other database users, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0678.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 3.02%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.02%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
PostgreSQL 8.1.0 through 8.1.2 allows authenticated database users to gain additional privileges via "knowledge of the backend protocol" using a crafted SET ROLE to other database users, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0678.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.02% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- postgresql/postgresql
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2006-02/msg00008.php
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18890Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015636
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/567452US Government Resource
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.004-postgresql.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/release.html#RELEASE-8-1-3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425037/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16649
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0605
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24718
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2006-02/msg00008.php
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18890Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015636
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/567452US Government Resource
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.004-postgresql.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/release.html#RELEASE-8-1-3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425037/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16649
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0605
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24718
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.