CVE-2007-3280 Information

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.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/40901 http://www.leidecker.info/pgshell/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.txt http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:188 http://www.portcullis.co.uk/uplds/whitepapers/Having_Fun_With_PostgreSQL.pdf http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471541/100/0/threaded https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35145