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Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Stephen Frost	20f01fc459	adminpack: Revoke EXECUTE on pg_logfile_rotate() In 9.6, we moved a number of functions over to using the GRANT system to control access instead of having hard-coded superuser checks. As it turns out, adminpack was creating another function in the catalog for one of those backend functions where the superuser check was removed, specifically pg_rotate_logfile(), but it didn't get the memo about having to REVOKE EXECUTE on the alternative-name function (pg_logfile_rotate()), meaning that in any installations with adminpack on 9.6 and higher, any user is able to run the pg_logfile_rotate() function, which then calls pg_rotate_logfile() and rotates the logfile. Fix by adding a new version of adminpack (1.1) which handles the REVOKE. As this function should have only been available to the superuser, this is a security issue, albeit a minor one. Security: CVE-2018-1115	8 years ago
Tom Lane	629b3af27d	Convert contrib modules to use the extension facility. This isn't fully tested as yet, in particular I'm not sure that the "foo--unpackaged--1.0.sql" scripts are OK. But it's time to get some buildfarm cycles on it. sepgsql is not converted to an extension, mainly because it seems to require a very nonstandard installation process. Dimitri Fontaine and Tom Lane	15 years ago

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Stephen Frost

20f01fc459

adminpack: Revoke EXECUTE on pg_logfile_rotate()

In 9.6, we moved a number of functions over to using the GRANT system to
control access instead of having hard-coded superuser checks.

As it turns out, adminpack was creating another function in the catalog
for one of those backend functions where the superuser check was
removed, specifically pg_rotate_logfile(), but it didn't get the memo
about having to REVOKE EXECUTE on the alternative-name function
(pg_logfile_rotate()), meaning that in any installations with adminpack
on 9.6 and higher, any user is able to run the pg_logfile_rotate()
function, which then calls pg_rotate_logfile() and rotates the logfile.

Fix by adding a new version of adminpack (1.1) which handles the REVOKE.
As this function should have only been available to the superuser, this
is a security issue, albeit a minor one.

Security: CVE-2018-1115

8 years ago

Tom Lane

629b3af27d

Convert contrib modules to use the extension facility.

This isn't fully tested as yet, in particular I'm not sure that the
"foo--unpackaged--1.0.sql" scripts are OK.  But it's time to get some
buildfarm cycles on it.

sepgsql is not converted to an extension, mainly because it seems to
require a very nonstandard installation process.

Dimitri Fontaine and Tom Lane

15 years ago

2 Commits (beceb87259780e50da0e6f596b53b2fb235d7962)