CVE-2012-0866

Public on 2012-05-23

Modified on 2014-09-14

Description

CREATE TRIGGER in PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.18, 8.4.x before 8.4.11, 9.0.x before 9.0.7, and 9.1.x before 9.1.3 does not properly check the execute permission for trigger functions marked SECURITY DEFINER, which allows remote authenticated users to execute otherwise restricted triggers on arbitrary data by installing the trigger on an attacker-owned table.

Severity

Low

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.2

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	postgresql8	2012-05-23 10:08	ALAS-2012-82

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	5.2	AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	CVSSv2	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Red Hat: CVE-2012-0866 Mitre: CVE-2012-0866 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity