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.
CVE-2010-1170
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 6.0 — v2 rates that MEDIUM (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 2.9% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 6.0MEDIUMNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 6.0(low)
- EG Risk
- 33(Track)EG Risk 33/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity60% × 45%Exploitation3% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 86%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 19, 2010
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (72)
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041559.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041579.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041591.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://osvdb.org/64757
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/39815
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/39820
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/39845
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/39898
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/39939
- secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2051
- secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:103
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/20/5
- secalert@redhathttp://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1203
Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | postgresql-plperl-8.4 (8.4.4-0ubuntu10.04) @ lucid | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | postgresql84-0:8.4.4-1.el5_5.1 | 2010-05-19 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-postgresql-0:7.3.21-3 | 2010-05-19 | redhat |
| redhat | postgresql-0:7.4.29-1.el4_8.1 | 2010-05-19 | redhat |
| redhat | postgresql-0:8.1.21-1.el5_5.1 | 2010-05-19 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Debian:5.0(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql-8.3 | 8.3.10-0lenny1 ... 8.3.9-1 (19 versions) | 8.3.11-0lenny1 | — |
All Vendor Advisories
(5)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0427MODERATE2010-05-17
RHSA-2010:0427 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0428MODERATE2010-05-17
RHSA-2010:0428 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0429MODERATE2010-05-17
RHSA-2010:0429 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0430MODERATE2010-05-17
RHSA-2010:0430 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-942-1MEDIUM
PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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