[ASA-201803-9] postgresql: privilege escalation

[Jelle van der Waa]

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201803-9
=========================================

Severity: High
Date    : 2018-03-11
CVE-ID  : CVE-2018-1058
Package : postgresql
Type    : privilege escalation
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-643

Summary
=======

The package postgresql before version 10.3-1 is vulnerable to privilege
escalation.

Resolution
==========

Upgrade to 10.3-1.

# pacman -Syu "postgresql>=10.3-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 10.3.

Workaround
==========

None.

Description
===========

A flaw was found in the way Postgresql allowed a user to modify the
behavior of a query for other users. An attacker with a user account
could use this flaw to execute code with the permissions of superuser
in the database. Versions 9.3 through 10 are affected.

Impact
======

A remote attacker with a valid user account is able to execute code
with permissions of a superuser of the database.

References
==========

https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1834/
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/A_Guide_to_CVE-2018-1058:_Protect_Your_Search_Path
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-1058
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 488 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-security/attachments/20180314/3065242b/attachment.asc>