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Mageia: 2020-0095 Moderate: PostgreSQL Unauthorized Function Drop

Updated postgresql9.6 and postgresql11 packages fix security vulnerability: The ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION sub-commands do not perform authorization checks, which can allow an unprivileged user to drop any function, procedure, materialized view, index, or trigger under certain conditions. This attack is . MGASA-2020-0095 - Updated postgresql packages fix security vulnerability Publication date: 21 Feb 2020 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0095.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 7 CVE: CVE-2020-1720 Updated postgresql9.6 and postgresql11 packages fix security vulnerability: The ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION sub-commands do not perform authorization checks, which can allow an unprivileged user to drop any function, procedure, materialized view, index, or trigger under certain conditions. This attack is possible if an administrator has installed an extension and an unprivileged user can CREATE, or an extension owner either executes DROP EXTENSION predictably or can be convinced to execute DROP EXTENSION (CVE-2020-1720). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26196 - https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-122-117-1012-9617-9521-and-9426-released-2011/ - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1720 SRPMS: - 7/core/postgresql9.6-9.6.17-1.mga7 - 7/core/postgresql11-11.7-1.mga7 . Updates to the PostgreSQL package resolve a security flaw that allows unauthorized individuals to eliminate functions in specific scenarios.. PostgreSQL Security, Mageia Update, Security Advisory, Unprivileged User Exploit. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 21, 2020 Mageia