CVE-2010-1170 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2010-1170?

CVE-2010-1170 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Postgresql Postgresql, published on 19 May 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The PL/Tcl implementation in PostgreSQL 7.4 before 7.4.29, 8.0 before 8.0.25, 8.1 before 8.1.21, 8.2 before 8.2.17, 8.3 before 8.3.11, 8.4 before 8.4.4, and 9.0 Beta before 9.0 Beta 2 loads Tcl code from the pltcl_modules table regardless of the table's ownership and permissions, which allows remote authenticated users, with database-creation privileges, to execute arbitrary Tcl code by creating this table and inserting a crafted Tcl script.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1170?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Postgresql Postgresql.

How do I fix CVE-2010-1170?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2010-1170 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1170 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-8gjp-4m59-38hv.