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/postgresql-103-968-9512-9417-and-9322-released-1834/
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/A_Guide_to_CVE-2018-1058:_Protect_Your_Search_Path
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-1058

ArchLinux: 201803-9: postgresql: privilege escalation

March 14, 2018

Summary

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.

Resolution

Upgrade to 10.3-1. # pacman -Syu "postgresql>=10.3-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 10.3.

References

https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-103-968-9512-9417-and-9322-released-1834/ https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/A_Guide_to_CVE-2018-1058:_Protect_Your_Search_Path https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-1058

Severity
Package : postgresql
Type : privilege escalation
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-643

Workaround

None.

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