CVE-2010-3433
The PL/perl and PL/Tcl implementations in PostgreSQL 7.4 before 7.4.30, 8.0 before 8.0.26, 8.1 before 8.1.22, 8.2 before 8.2.18, 8.3 before 8.3.12, 8.4 before 8.4.5, and 9.0 before 9.0.1 do not properly protect script execution by a different SQL user identity within the same session, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via crafted script code in a SECURITY DEFINER function, as demonstrated by (1) redefining standard functions or (2) redefining operators, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1168, CVE-2010-1169, CVE-2010-1170, and CVE-2010-1447.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 3.3% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3431)
- Published
- October 6, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3431 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- postgresql / postgresql
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References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049591.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049592.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42325
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2120
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:197
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1244(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-1.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0742.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0908.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43747
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1002-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1002-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3051
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639371
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7291
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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