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title: "CVE-2014-0060\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-0060

Publication date 21 February 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x
before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly enforce the ADMIN
OPTION restriction, which allows remote authenticated members of a role to
add or remove arbitrary users to that role by calling the SET ROLE command
before the associated GRANT command.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| postgresql-8.4 | 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 8.4.22-0ubuntu0.12.04 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 8.4.20-0ubuntu010.04 |
| postgresql-9.1 | 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 9.1.12-1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 9.1.12-0ubuntu0.13.10 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 9.1.12-0ubuntu0.12.10 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 9.1.12-0ubuntu0.12.04 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| postgresql-9.3 | 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 9.3.3-1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0060)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0060)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0060)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0060)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2120-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2120-1)
+ PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
+ 24 February 2014

### Other references

* <http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0060>