CVE-2014-0061

medium
Published 2014-03-31 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.5
VIR risk
6.5

Description

The validator functions for the procedural languages (PLs) in 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 allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a function that is (1) defined in another language or (2) not allowed to be directly called by the user due to permissions.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0061

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.20140221-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.20140221-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.20140221-1
debian debiansidfixed1.20140221-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.20140221-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql{"endIncluding":"8.4.19"}
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.1
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.2
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.3
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.4
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.5
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.6
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.7
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.8
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.9
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.10
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.11
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.12
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.13
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.14
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.15
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.16
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.17
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql8.4.18
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0.1
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0.2
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0.3
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0.4
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0.5
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0.6
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0.7
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0.8
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0.9
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0.10
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0.11
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0.12
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0.13
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0.14
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.0.15
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.1
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.1.1
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.1.2
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.1.3
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.1.4
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.1.5
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.1.6
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.1.7
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.1.8
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.1.9
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.1.10
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.1.11
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.2
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.2.1
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.2.2
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.2.3
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.2.4
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.2.5
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.2.6
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.3
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.3.1
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.3.2

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.