CVE-2007-3280

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CVE-2007-3280

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CVE-2007-3280 at MITRE

Description

The Database Link library (dblink) in PostgreSQL 8.1 implements functions via CREATE statements that map to arbitrary libraries based on the C programming language, which allows remote authenticated superusers to map and execute a function from any library, as demonstrated by using the system function in libc.so.6 to gain shell access.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	9
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	Single
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 328403 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 15:30:24 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Dec 19 11:09:49 2023