rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0081-1
Published: 2007-04-24
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Major
Exposure Level Classification:
Local Deterministic Privilege Escalation
Updated Versions:
postgresql=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/8.1.9-0.1-1
postgresql-server=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/8.1.9-0.1-1
References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2138
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1292
Description:
Previous versions of the postgresql package have a weakness in
security definer functions, in which an authenticated but otherwise
unprivileged SQL user can use temporary objects to execute code
with the privileges of the security-definer function.
