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CVE-2007-3280

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.0 Published: 2007-06-19 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The Database Link library (dblink) in PostgreSQL 8.1 implements functions via CREATE statements that map to arbitrary libraries based on the C programming language, which allows remote authenticated superusers to map and execute a function from any library, as demonstrated by using the system function in libc.so.6 to gain shell access.

Affected Platforms

Postgresql Postgresql

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References