VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-0067

medium
Published 2014-03-31 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.6

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macos10.10.4affected

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

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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