Check Point Advisories

PostgreSQL Database SET ROLE Security Bypass (CVE-2014-0060)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1143
Date Published:	17 Mar 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 17 March, 2014
Source:	CVE-2014-0060
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75 and above
Who is Vulnerable?	PostgreSQL PostgreSQL prior to 8.4.20 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL prior to 9.0.16 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL prior to 9.1.12 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL prior to 9.2.7 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL prior to 9.3.3
Vulnerability Description	A policy bypass vulnerability has been found in PostgreSQL database server. The vulnerability is due to a design weakness when granting a role without ADMIN OPTION. A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability to cause a policy bypass allowing execution of a security-restricted operation or a SECURITY DEFINER function.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R70 / R71 / R75 and above

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the PostgreSQL Database SET ROLE Security Bypass protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  PostgreSQL Database SET ROLE Security Bypass