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CVE-2013-1901

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
04/04/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*

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