Excessive privileges In postgresql
Description
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.
Mitigation
Update Impact
Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.
Ecosystem | Component | Affected version | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|---|
 rpm rhel5 | 0:8.1.23-10.el5_10 | ||
rpm rhel6 | 0:8.4.20-1.el6_5 | ||
rpm rhel5 | 0:8.4.20-1.el5_10 |
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