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CVE-2013-1901

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2013-04-04 PostgreSQL -- anonymous remote access data corruption vulnerability

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2013-1901
Phase Assigned(20130219)

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.

References

Source Reference
CONFIRM http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1456/
CONFIRM http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-9.html
CONFIRM http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-4.html
CONFIRM http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
CONFIRM http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5892
APPLE APPLE-SA-2013-09-12-1
APPLE APPLE-SA-2013-09-17-1
DEBIAN DSA-2658
FEDORA FEDORA-2013-5000
FEDORA FEDORA-2013-6148
MANDRIVA MDVSA-2013:142
SUSE SUSE-SU-2013:0633
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0627
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0628
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0635
UBUNTU USN-1789-1