CVE-2007-2138 Privilege escalation in n/a
Medium 6.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-2138 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2007-2138 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 24 Apr 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2138 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2138/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2138/index.md)
Authenticated users can escalate privileges to the function owner by exploiting untrusted search paths in SECURITY DEFINER functions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-2138?
CVE-2007-2138 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 24 Apr 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in PostgreSQL before 7.3.19, 7.4.x before 7.4.17, 8.0.x before 8.0.13, 8.1.x before 8.1.9, and 8.2.x before 8.2.4 allows remote authenticated users, when permitted to call a SECURITY DEFINER function, to gain the privileges of the function owner, related to "search_path settings."
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2138?
It affects 3 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
rh-postgresql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-contrib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-jdbc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-pl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-python Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-tcl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-test Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-contrib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-jdbc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-pl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-python Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-tcl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-test Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-contrib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-jdbc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-pl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-python Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-tcl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-test Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-contrib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
rh-postgresql-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:7.3.19-1 |
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Postgresql Postgresql.
How do I fix CVE-2007-2138?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2007-2138 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2138 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DSA-1309-1, DSA-1311-1, GHSA-2hq5-m4w6-6x9c, RHSA-2007:0336, RHSA-2007:0337.