September 26, 2024: PostgreSQL 17 Released!

CVE-2007-6601

DBLink functions combined with local trust or ident access control could be used by a malicious user togain superuser privileges. A valid login is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Version Information

Affected Version Fixed In
8.2 8.2.6
8.1 8.1.11
8.0 8.0.15
7.4 7.4.19
7.3 7.3.21

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