Description
The PL/Tcl implementation in PostgreSQL 7.4 before 7.4.29, 8.0 before 8.0.25, 8.1 before 8.1.21, 8.2 before 8.2.17, 8.3 before 8.3.11, 8.4 before 8.4.4, and 9.0 Beta before 9.0 Beta 2 loads Tcl code from the pltcl_modules table regardless of the table's ownership and permissions, which allows remote authenticated users, with database-creation privileges, to execute arbitrary Tcl code by creating this table and inserting a crafted Tcl script.
Published: 2010-05-19
Score: 6.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2051-1 New postgresql-8.3 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-1200 The PL/Tcl implementation in PostgreSQL 7.4 before 7.4.29, 8.0 before 8.0.25, 8.1 before 8.1.21, 8.2 before 8.2.17, 8.3 before 8.3.11, 8.4 before 8.4.4, and 9.0 Beta before 9.0 Beta 2 loads Tcl code from the pltcl_modules table regardless of the table's ownership and permissions, which allows remote authenticated users, with database-creation privileges, to execute arbitrary Tcl code by creating this table and inserting a crafted Tcl script.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-942-1 PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041559.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041579.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041591.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://osvdb.org/64757 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/39815 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/39820 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/39845 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/39898 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/39939 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2051 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:103 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/20/5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1203 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-7-4-29.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-0-25.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-21.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-2-17.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-3-11.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-4-4.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.postgresql.org/support/security cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0427.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0428.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0429.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0430.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40215 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023987 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1167 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1182 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1197 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1198 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1207 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1221 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583072 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1170 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10510 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1170 cve-icon
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Postgresql Postgresql
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T01:14:06.574Z

Reserved: 2010-03-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-1170

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Status : Modified

Published: 2010-05-19T18:30:03.193

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-1170

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-05-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-1170 - Bugzilla

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