Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-3231 - Improper Authentication vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.3 before 8.3.8 and 8.2 before 8.2.14, when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Authentication Abuse An attacker obtains unauthorized access to an application, service or device either through knowledge of the inherent weaknesses of an authentication mechanism, or by exploiting a flaw in the authentication scheme's implementation. In such an attack an authentication mechanism is functioning but a carefully controlled sequence of events causes the mechanism to grant access to the attacker. This attack may exploit assumptions made by the target's authentication procedures, such as assumptions regarding trust relationships or assumptions regarding the generation of secret values. This attack differs from Authentication Bypass attacks in that Authentication Abuse allows the attacker to be certified as a valid user through illegitimate means, while Authentication Bypass allows the user to access protected material without ever being certified as an authenticated user. This attack does not rely on prior sessions established by successfully authenticating users, as relied upon for the "Exploitation of Session Variables, Resource IDs and other Trusted Credentials" attack patterns.
- Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible) An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
- Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Register Man in the Middle This attack utilizes a REST(REpresentational State Transfer)-style applications' trust in the system resources and environment to place man in the middle once SSL is terminated. Rest applications premise is that they leverage existing infrastructure to deliver web services functionality. An example of this is a Rest application that uses HTTP Get methods and receives a HTTP response with an XML document. These Rest style web services are deployed on existing infrastructure such as Apache and IIS web servers with no SOAP stack required. Unfortunately from a security standpoint, there frequently is no interoperable identity security mechanism deployed, so Rest developers often fall back to SSL to deliver security. In large data centers, SSL is typically terminated at the edge of the network - at the firewall, load balancer, or router. Once the SSL is terminated the HTTP request is in the clear (unless developers have hashed or encrypted the values, but this is rare). The attacker can utilize a sniffer such as Wireshark to snapshot the credentials, such as username and password that are passed in the clear once SSL is terminated. Once the attacker gathers these credentials, they can submit requests to the web service provider just as authorized user do. There is not typically an authentication on the client side, beyond what is passed in the request itself so once this is compromised, then this is generally sufficient to compromise the service's authentication scheme.
- Man in the Middle Attack This type of attack targets the communication between two components (typically client and server). The attacker places himself in the communication channel between the two components. Whenever one component attempts to communicate with the other (data flow, authentication challenges, etc.), the data first goes to the attacker, who has the opportunity to observe or alter it, and it is then passed on to the other component as if it was never intercepted. This interposition is transparent leaving the two compromised components unaware of the potential corruption or leakage of their communications. The potential for Man-in-the-Middle attacks yields an implicit lack of trust in communication or identify between two components.
Nessus
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201110-22.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201110-22 (PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote authenticated attacker could send a specially crafted SQL query to a PostgreSQL server with the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 56626 published 2011-10-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/56626 title GLSA-201110-22 : PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201110-22. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(56626); script_version("1.12"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/12 17:35:38"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0922", "CVE-2009-3229", "CVE-2009-3230", "CVE-2009-3231", "CVE-2009-4034", "CVE-2009-4136", "CVE-2010-0442", "CVE-2010-0733", "CVE-2010-1169", "CVE-2010-1170", "CVE-2010-1447", "CVE-2010-1975", "CVE-2010-3433", "CVE-2010-4015", "CVE-2011-2483"); script_bugtraq_id(34090, 36314, 37333, 37334, 37973, 38619, 40215, 40304, 40305, 43747, 46084, 49241); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201110-22"); script_name(english:"GLSA-201110-22 : PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201110-22 (PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote authenticated attacker could send a specially crafted SQL query to a PostgreSQL server with the 'intarray' module enabled, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the PostgreSQL server process, or a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote authenticated attacker could execute arbitrary Perl code, cause a Denial of Service condition via different vectors, bypass LDAP authentication, bypass X.509 certificate validation, gain database privileges, exploit weak blowfish encryption and possibly cause other unspecified impact. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201110-22" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All PostgreSQL 8.2 users should upgrade to the latest 8.2 base version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/postgresql-base-8.2.22:8.2' All PostgreSQL 8.3 users should upgrade to the latest 8.3 base version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/postgresql-base-8.3.16:8.3' All PostgreSQL 8.4 users should upgrade to the latest 8.4 base version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/postgresql-base-8.4.9:8.4' All PostgreSQL 9.0 users should upgrade to the latest 9.0 base version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/postgresql-base-9.0.5:9.0' All PostgreSQL 8.2 server users should upgrade to the latest 8.2 server version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/postgresql-server-8.2.22:8.2' All PostgreSQL 8.3 server users should upgrade to the latest 8.3 server version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/postgresql-server-8.3.16:8.3' All PostgreSQL 8.4 server users should upgrade to the latest 8.4 server version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/postgresql-server-8.4.9:8.4' All PostgreSQL 9.0 server users should upgrade to the latest 9.0 server version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/postgresql-server-9.0.5:9.0' The old unsplit PostgreSQL packages have been removed from portage. Users still using them are urged to migrate to the new PostgreSQL packages as stated above and to remove the old package: # emerge --unmerge 'dev-db/postgresql'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_cwe_id(189, 264, 287, 310, 399); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:postgresql"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:postgresql-base"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:postgresql-server"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2009/03/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/10/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/10/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-db/postgresql-server", unaffected:make_list("ge 9.0.5", "rge 8.4.9", "rge 8.3.16", "rge 8.2.22", "rge 8.4.10", "rge 8.3.17", "rge 8.2.23", "ge 8.4.11", "ge 8.3.18"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 9.0.5"))) flag++; if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-db/postgresql", unaffected:make_list(), vulnerable:make_list("le 9"))) flag++; if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-db/postgresql-base", unaffected:make_list("ge 9.0.5", "rge 8.4.9", "rge 8.3.16", "rge 8.2.22", "rge 8.4.10", "rge 8.3.17", "rge 8.2.23", "ge 8.4.11", "ge 8.3.18"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 9.0.5"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "PostgreSQL"); }NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_POSTGRESQL-6500.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in PostgrSQL - allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-3229) - allows remote authenticated users to gain higher privileges. (CVE-2009-3230) - when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password. (CVE-2009-3231) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41643 published 2009-09-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41643 title SuSE 10 Security Update : PostgreSQL (ZYPP Patch Number 6500) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) Novell, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(41643); script_version ("1.11"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:37"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3229", "CVE-2009-3230", "CVE-2009-3231"); script_name(english:"SuSE 10 Security Update : PostgreSQL (ZYPP Patch Number 6500)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in PostgrSQL - allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-3229) - allows remote authenticated users to gain higher privileges. (CVE-2009-3230) - when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password. (CVE-2009-3231)" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3229.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3230.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3231.html" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply ZYPP patch number 6500."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_cwe_id(264, 287); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/09/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/09/28"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) exit(0, "Local checks are not enabled."); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release")) exit(0, "The host is not running SuSE."); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) exit(1, "Could not obtain the list of installed packages."); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) exit(1, "Failed to determine the architecture type."); if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") exit(1, "Local checks for SuSE 10 on the '"+cpu+"' architecture have not been implemented."); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:2, reference:"postgresql-devel-8.1.18-0.3")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:2, reference:"postgresql-libs-8.1.18-0.3")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:2, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"postgresql-libs-32bit-8.1.18-0.3")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"postgresql-8.1.18-0.3")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"postgresql-contrib-8.1.18-0.3")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"postgresql-devel-8.1.18-0.3")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"postgresql-docs-8.1.18-0.3")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"postgresql-libs-8.1.18-0.3")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"postgresql-pl-8.1.18-0.3")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"postgresql-server-8.1.18-0.3")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"postgresql-libs-32bit-8.1.18-0.3")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else exit(0, "The host is not affected.");NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1900.NASL description Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL, a SQL database system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2009-3229 Authenticated users can shut down the backend server by re-LOAD-ing libraries in $libdir/plugins, if any libraries are present there. (The old stable distribution (etch) is not affected by this issue.) - CVE-2009-3230 Authenticated non-superusers can gain database superuser privileges if they can create functions and tables due to incorrect execution of functions in functional indexes. - CVE-2009-3231 If PostgreSQL is configured with LDAP authentication, and the LDAP configuration allows anonymous binds, it is possible for a user to authenticate themselves with an empty password. (The old stable distribution (etch) is not affected by this issue.) In addition, this update contains reliability improvements which do not target security issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 44765 published 2010-02-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/44765 title Debian DSA-1900-1 : postgresql-7.4, postgresql-8.1, postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4 - several vulnerabilities code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1900. 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The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2009-3229 Authenticated users can shut down the backend server by re-LOAD-ing libraries in $libdir/plugins, if any libraries are present there. (The old stable distribution (etch) is not affected by this issue.) - CVE-2009-3230 Authenticated non-superusers can gain database superuser privileges if they can create functions and tables due to incorrect execution of functions in functional indexes. - CVE-2009-3231 If PostgreSQL is configured with LDAP authentication, and the LDAP configuration allows anonymous binds, it is possible for a user to authenticate themselves with an empty password. (The old stable distribution (etch) is not affected by this issue.) 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Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40954 published 2009-09-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40954 title Fedora 10 : postgresql-8.3.8-1.fc10 (2009-9474) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_0_POSTGRESQL-090917.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in PostgrSQL - CVE-2009-3229: allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service - CVE-2009-3230: allows remote authenticated users to gain higher privileges - CVE-2009-3231: when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41938 published 2009-09-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41938 title openSUSE Security Update : postgresql (postgresql-1322) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_POSTGRESQL-6535.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in PostgrSQL - allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-3229) - allows remote authenticated users to gain higher privileges. (CVE-2009-3230) - when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password. (CVE-2009-3231) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 49919 published 2010-10-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/49919 title SuSE 10 Security Update : PostgreSQL (ZYPP Patch Number 6535) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_POSTGRESQL-090917.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in PostgrSQL - allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-3229) - allows remote authenticated users to gain higher privileges. (CVE-2009-3230) - when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password. (CVE-2009-3231) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41642 published 2009-09-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41642 title SuSE 11 Security Update : PostgreSQL (SAT Patch Number 1319) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE9_12509.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in PostgreSQL : - allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-3229) - allows remote authenticated users to gain higher privileges. (CVE-2009-3230) - when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password. (CVE-2009-3231) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41641 published 2009-09-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41641 title SuSE9 Security Update : PostgreSQL (YOU Patch Number 12509) NASL family Databases NASL id POSTGRESQL_LDAP_AUTH_BYPASS.NASL description The version of PostgreSQL running on the remote host has an authentication bypass vulnerability. If PostgreSQL is using LDAP authentication, and the LDAP server is configured to allow anonymous binds, it may be possible to log into the PostgreSQL server using a blank password. A remote attacker could exploit this to gain access to the database server, possibly as an administrator. There are reportedly other vulnerabilities in this version of PostgreSQL, though Nessus has not checked for those issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40947 published 2009-09-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40947 title PostgreSQL LDAP Anonymous Bind Authentication Bypass NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2009-177.NASL description The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1, 8.3 before 8.3.8, and 8.2 before 8.2.14 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (backend shutdown) by re-LOAD-ing libraries from a certain plugins directory (CVE-2009-3229). The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1, 8.3 before 8.3.8, 8.2 before 8.2.14, 8.1 before 8.1.18, 8.0 before 8.0.22, and 7.4 before 7.4.26 does not use the appropriate privileges for the (1) RESET ROLE and (2) RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6600 (CVE-2009-3230). The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.3 before 8.3.8 and 8.2 before 8.2.14, when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password (CVE-2009-3231). This update provides a fix for this vulnerability. last seen 2019-02-21 modified 2018-07-19 plugin id 41949 published 2009-10-01 reporter Tenable source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=41949 title MDVSA-2009:177 : postgresql NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2009-251.NASL description The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1, 8.3 before 8.3.8, and 8.2 before 8.2.14 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (backend shutdown) by re-LOAD-ing libraries from a certain plugins directory (CVE-2009-3229). The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1, 8.3 before 8.3.8, 8.2 before 8.2.14, 8.1 before 8.1.18, 8.0 before 8.0.22, and 7.4 before 7.4.26 does not use the appropriate privileges for the (1) RESET ROLE and (2) RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6600 (CVE-2009-3230). The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.3 before 8.3.8 and 8.2 before 8.2.14, when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password (CVE-2009-3231). This update provides a fix for this vulnerability. Update : Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41959 published 2009-10-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41959 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : postgresql8.2 (MDVSA-2009:251-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_POSTGRESQL-6502.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in PostgrSQL - CVE-2009-3229: allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service - CVE-2009-3230: allows remote authenticated users to gain higher privileges - CVE-2009-3231: when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 42031 published 2009-10-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/42031 title openSUSE 10 Security Update : postgresql (postgresql-6502) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2009-9473.NASL description Update to PostgreSQL 8.3.8, for various fixes described at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-8.html including three security issues Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40953 published 2009-09-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40953 title Fedora 11 : postgresql-8.3.8-1.fc11 (2009-9473) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_1_POSTGRESQL-090917.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in PostgrSQL - CVE-2009-3229: allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service - CVE-2009-3230: allows remote authenticated users to gain higher privileges - CVE-2009-3231: when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41939 published 2009-09-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41939 title openSUSE Security Update : postgresql (postgresql-1322) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-834-1.NASL description It was discovered that PostgreSQL could be made to unload and reload an already loaded module by using the LOAD command. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. This issue did not affect Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. (CVE-2009-3229) Due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6600, RESET ROLE and RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations were allowed inside security-definer functions. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to escalate privileges within PostgreSQL. (CVE-2009-3230) It was discovered that PostgreSQL did not properly perform LDAP authentication under certain circumstances. When configured to use LDAP with anonymous binds, a remote attacker could bypass authentication by supplying an empty password. This issue did not affect Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. (CVE-2009-3231). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41045 published 2009-09-22 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2009-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2009-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41045 title Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : postgresql-8.1, postgresql-8.3 vulnerabilities (USN-834-1)
Redhat
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| contributor | Tomas Hoger |
| lastmodified | 2009-09-24 |
| organization | Red Hat |
| statement | Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of PostgreSQL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5, as they do not support LDAP authentication, which was introduced upstream in version 8.2. This issue was addressed in Red Hat Application Stack v2 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1461.html . |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522084
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36314
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00307.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-8.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00305.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/support/security.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36727
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36660
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36837
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1900
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36800
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-834-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0012
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509917/100/0/threaded