PostgreSQL Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls Vulnerability (CVE-2013-1901)

Description

PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4 and 9.1.x before 9.1.9 does not properly check REPLICATION privileges, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended backup restrictions by calling the (1) pg_start_backup or (2) pg_stop_backup functions.

Remediation

References

CVE-2013-1901

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2013-1901 CWE-264