Vulnerability Report

CVE-2007-3278

Title: Postgresql

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2007-3278.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Jun 19, 2007
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.9 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.26%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2007-3278: PostgreSQL 8.1 and probably later versions, when local trust authentication is enabled and the Database Link library (dblink) is installed, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary accounts and execute arbitrary SQL queries via a dblink host parameter that proxies the connection from 127.0.0.1.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154 http://osvdb.org/40899 http://secunia.com/advisories/28376 http://secunia.com/advisories/28437 http://secunia.com/advisories/28438 http://secunia.com/advisories/28445 http://secunia.com/advisories/28454 http://secunia.com/advisories/28477 http://secunia.com/advisories/28479 http://secunia.com/advisories/28679 http://secunia.com/advisories/29638 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103197-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200559-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1460 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1463 http://www.leidecker.info/pgshell/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.txt http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:188 http://www.portcullis.co.uk/uplds/whitepapers/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.pdf http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0038.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0039.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0040.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471541/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471644/100/0/threaded http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0109 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1071/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35142 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10334 https://usn.ubuntu.com/568-1/ http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01420154 http://osvdb.org/40899 http://secunia.com/advisories/28376 http://secunia.com/advisories/28437 http://secunia.com/advisories/28438 http://secunia.com/advisories/28445 http://secunia.com/advisories/28454 http://secunia.com/advisories/28477 http://secunia.com/advisories/28479 http://secunia.com/advisories/28679 http://secunia.com/advisories/29638 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-15.xml http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103197-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200559-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1460 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1463 http://www.leidecker.info/pgshell/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.txt http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:188 http://www.portcullis.co.uk/uplds/whitepapers/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.pdf http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0038.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0039.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0040.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471541/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471644/100/0/threaded http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0109 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1071/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35142 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10334 https://usn.ubuntu.com/568-1/
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2007-3278 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.