# CVE-2014-0060: PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly enforce the

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-03-28 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly enforce the ADMIN OPTION restriction, which allows remote authenticated members of a role to add or remove arbitrary users to that role by calling the SET ROLE command before the associated GRANT command.

## What to do

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## References

- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0211.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0221.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6448
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0469.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
- http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0249.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2120-1
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2865
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00018.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00038.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61307
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0060

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