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    CVE-2014-0060

    PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly enforce the ADMIN OPTION restriction, which allows remote authenticated members of a role to add or remove arbitrary users to that role by calling the SET ROLE command before the associated GRANT command.

    Published:Feb 17, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Mar 28, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.00918
    CVSS Score:4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Postgresql
    Product
    Postgresql
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Cloudforms Managementengine
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Software Collections

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
    http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00018.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00038.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0211.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0221.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0249.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0469.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/61307
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6448
    http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2865
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
    http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2120-1
    https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0060
    https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
    http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00018.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00038.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0211.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0221.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0249.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0469.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/61307
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6448
    http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2865
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
    http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2120-1
    https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0060
    https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High