CVE-2014-0067

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-03-31 14:58:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-12-16 02:29:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X 10.10.4

10.10.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 5.0.3

5.0.3

PostgreSQL 8.4.1

8.4.1

PostgreSQL 8.4.2

8.4.2

PostgreSQL 8.4.3

8.4.3

PostgreSQL 8.4.4

8.4.4

PostgreSQL 8.4.5

8.4.5

PostgreSQL 8.4.6

8.4.6

PostgreSQL 8.4.7

8.4.7

PostgreSQL 8.4.8

8.4.8

PostgreSQL 8.4.9

8.4.9

PostgreSQL 8.4.10

8.4.10

PostgreSQL 8.4.11

8.4.11

PostgreSQL 8.4.12

8.4.12

PostgreSQL 8.4.13

8.4.13

PostgreSQL 8.4.14

8.4.14

PostgreSQL 8.4.15

8.4.15

PostgreSQL 8.4.16

8.4.16

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 8.4.17

8.4.17

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 8.4.18

8.4.18

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL 9.0

9.0

PostgreSQL 9.0.1

9.0.1

PostgreSQL 9.0.2

9.0.2

PostgreSQL 9.0.3

9.0.3

PostgreSQL 9.0.4

9.0.4

PostgreSQL 9.0.5

9.0.5

PostgreSQL 9.0.6

9.0.6

PostgreSQL 9.0.7

9.0.7

PostgreSQL 9.0.8

9.0.8

PostgreSQL 9.0.9

9.0.9

PostgreSQL 9.0.10

9.0.10

PostgreSQL 9.0.11

9.0.11

PostgreSQL 9.0.12

9.0.12

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.0.13

9.0.13

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.0.14

9.0.14

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.0.15

9.0.15

PostgreSQL 9.1

9.1

PostgreSQL 9.1.1

9.1.1

PostgreSQL 9.1.2

9.1.2

PostgreSQL 9.1.3

9.1.3

PostgreSQL 9.1.4

9.1.4

PostgreSQL 9.1.5

9.1.5

PostgreSQL 9.1.6

9.1.6

PostgreSQL 9.1.7

9.1.7

PostgreSQL 9.1.8

9.1.8

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.1.9

9.1.9

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.1.10

9.1.10

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.1.11

9.1.11

PostgreSQL 9.2

9.2

PostgreSQL 9.2.1

9.2.1

PostgreSQL 9.2.2

9.2.2

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.2.3

9.2.3

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.2.4

9.2.4

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.2.5

9.2.5

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.2.6

9.2.6

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.3

9.3

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.3.1

9.3.1

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.3.2

9.3.2

References

APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2

APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-4

openSUSE-SU-2014:0345

openSUSE-SU-2014:0368

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease

Vendor Advisory

DSA-2864

DSA-2865

http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/

65721

https://support.apple.com/HT205219

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031

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