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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200502-08
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: PostgreSQL: Local privilege escalation
      Date: February 07, 2005
      Bugs: #80342
        ID: 200502-08

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Synopsis
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The PostgreSQL server can be tricked by a local attacker to execute
arbitrary code.

Background
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PostgreSQL is a SQL compliant, open source object-relational database
management system.

Affected packages
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     Package            /  Vulnerable  /                    Unaffected
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  1  dev-db/postgresql       < 7.4.7                          >= 7.4.7

Description
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PostgreSQL's LOAD extension is vulnerable to a local privilege
escalation discovered by John Heasman. A local user can load any shared
library, but the initialization function will then be executed with the
permissions of the PostgreSQL server.

Impact
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A malicious local user could exploit this to execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the PostgreSQL server.

Workaround
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There is no know workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All PostgreSQL users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/postgresql-7.4.7"

References
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  [ 1 ] PostgreSQL Announcement
        https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20050201002935.O89998@ganymede.hub.org

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-08

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/