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TITLE:
PostgreSQL SECURITY DEFINER Functions Privilege Escalation

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25019

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25019/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
PostgreSQL 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/506/
PostgreSQL 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/4587/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in PostgreSQL, which potentially
can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated privileges.

The security issue is caused due to an error in SECURITY DEFINER
functions and can be exploited to gain escalated privileges by
modifying the search_path and using temporary objects.

SOLUTION:
Update to 8.2.4, 8.1.9, 8.0.13, 7.4.17, or 7.3.19.
http://www.postgresql.org/download/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.791

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