CVE-2009-3230 Privilege escalation in n/a
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-3230 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2009-3230 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Postgresql Postgresql, published on 17 Sep 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3230 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Postgresql Postgresql. 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-2009-3230/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3230/index.md)
Remote authenticated users can gain privileges via improper privilege handling in RESET ROLE and RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations.
- 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-2009-3230?
CVE-2009-3230 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Postgresql Postgresql, published on 17 Sep 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1, 8.3 before 8.3.8, 8.2 before 8.2.14, 8.1 before 8.1.18, 8.0 before 8.0.22, and 7.4 before 7.4.26 does not use the appropriate privileges for the (1) RESET ROLE and (2) RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6600.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3230?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
rh-postgresql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-contrib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-jdbc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-pl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-python Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-tcl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-test Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-contrib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-jdbc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-pl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-python Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-tcl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-test Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-contrib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-jdbc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-pl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-python Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-tcl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-test Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-contrib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
rh-postgresql-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:7.3.21-2 |
Products include Postgresql Postgresql.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3230?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2009-3230 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3230 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Postgresql Postgresql
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cjf3-jm6v-3h96, RHSA-2009:1485.