CVE-2007-6601 Auth bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2007-6601?

CVE-2007-6601 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 9 Jan 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The DBLink module in PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, 7.4 before 7.4.19, and 7.3 before 7.3.21, when local trust or ident authentication is used, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3278.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6601?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Postgresql Postgresql.

How do I fix CVE-2007-6601?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2007-6601 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6601 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-98mv-g9r2-mwm3.