high
8.5
CWE
94
Advisory Published
CVE Published
CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2010-1169: Code Injection

First published: Thu Apr 15 2010(Updated: )

PostgreSQL 7.4 before 7.4.29, 8.0 before 8.0.25, 8.1 before 8.1.21, 8.2 before 8.2.17, 8.3 before 8.3.11, 8.4 before 8.4.4, and 9.0 Beta before 9.0 Beta 2 does not properly restrict PL/perl procedures, which allows remote authenticated users, with database-creation privileges, to execute arbitrary Perl code via a crafted script, related to the Safe module (aka Safe.pm) for Perl. NOTE: some sources report that this issue is the same as CVE-2010-1447.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
redhat/postgresql<0:7.4.29-1.el4_8.1
0:7.4.29-1.el4_8.1
redhat/postgresql<0:8.1.21-1.el5_5.1
0:8.1.21-1.el5_5.1
redhat/postgresql84<0:8.4.4-1.el5_5.1
0:8.4.4-1.el5_5.1
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.16
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.24
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.22
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.21
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.19
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.15
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.1
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.14
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.26
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.6
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.23
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.11
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.7
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.17
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.3
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.25
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.9
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.5
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.18
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.8
PostgreSQL Common=7.4
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.4
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.28
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.12
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.27
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.10
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.20
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.2
PostgreSQL Common=7.4.13
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.7
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.2
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.22
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.17
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.10
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.12
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.9
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.15
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.0
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.18
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.3
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.24
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.20
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.8
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.6
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.16
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.13
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.1
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.19
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.21
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.23
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.4
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.5
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.14
PostgreSQL Common=8.0.11
PostgreSQL Common=8.0
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.10
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.6
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.15
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.7
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.20
PostgreSQL Common=8.1
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.19
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.13
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.0
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.3
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.9
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.14
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.11
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.17
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.18
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.4
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.8
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.1
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.12
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.5
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.16
PostgreSQL Common=8.1.2
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.9
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.10
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.15
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.4
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.11
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.12
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.2
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.5
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.1
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.7
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.6
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.3
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.16
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.8
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.13
PostgreSQL Common=8.2
PostgreSQL Common=8.2.14
PostgreSQL Common=8.3.6
PostgreSQL Common=8.3.3
PostgreSQL Common=8.3.2
PostgreSQL Common=8.3.1
PostgreSQL Common=8.3.5
PostgreSQL Common=8.3.8
PostgreSQL Common=8.3.7
PostgreSQL Common=8.3.10
PostgreSQL Common=8.3
PostgreSQL Common=8.3.4
PostgreSQL Common=8.3.9
PostgreSQL Common=8.4.1
PostgreSQL Common=8.4.3
PostgreSQL Common=8.4
PostgreSQL Common=8.4.2
PostgreSQL Common=9.0.0-beta1

Remedy

http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1203

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2010-1169?

    CVE-2010-1169 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability.

  • How do I fix CVE-2010-1169?

    The fix for CVE-2010-1169 involves upgrading PostgreSQL to the latest version that is not affected, such as 7.4.29 or later versions.

  • What are the affected versions of PostgreSQL for CVE-2010-1169?

    Affected versions of PostgreSQL for CVE-2010-1169 include 7.4 before 7.4.29, 8.0 before 8.0.25, and several others up to 9.0 Beta before 9.0 Beta 2.

  • Who is impacted by CVE-2010-1169?

    Remote authenticated users with database creation privileges are impacted by CVE-2010-1169.

  • What type of vulnerability is CVE-2010-1169?

    CVE-2010-1169 is a code execution vulnerability that arises from improper restrictions on PL/perl procedures.

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