CVE-2014-0062
postgresql: CREATE INDEX race condition possibly leading to privilege escalation
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · February 17, 2014
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
Race condition in the (1) CREATE INDEX and (2) unspecified ALTER TABLE commands in 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 allows remote authenticated users to create an unauthorized index or read portions of unauthorized tables by creating or deleting a table with the same name during the timing window.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 3.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWE not specified