Bug 1364002 (CVE-2016-5424)

Summary: CVE-2016-5424 postgresql: privilege escalation via crafted database and role names
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Martin Prpič <mprpic>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: unspecifiedCC: bkearney, cpelland, dajohnso, gblomqui, gmccullo, gnaik, gtanzill, hhorak, hhudgeon, jfrey, jhardy, jorton, jprause, obarenbo, praiskup, roliveri, security-response-team, tkasparek, tlestach
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: postgresql 9.5.4, postgresql 9.4.9, postgresql 9.3.14, postgresql 9.2.18, postgresql 9.1.23 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in the way PostgreSQL client programs handled database and role names containing newlines, carriage returns, double quotes, or backslashes. By crafting such an object name, roles with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE option could escalate their privileges to superuser when a superuser next executes maintenance with a vulnerable client program.
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Bug Depends On: 1366346, 1367640, 1367704, 1367705, 1367707, 1367708, 1367709, 1367710    
Bug Blocks: 1323912, 1364007    

Description Martin Prpič 2016-08-04 09:10:29 UTC
It was found that PostgreSQL client programs mishandle database and role names containing newlines, carriage returns, double quotes, or backslashes. By crafting such an object name, roles with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE option could escalate their privileges to superuser when a superuser next executes maintenance with a vulnerable program. Vulnerable programs include pg_dumpall, pg_upgrade, vacuumdb, reindexdb, and clusterdb.

Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2016-08-04 09:10:47 UTC
Acknowledgments:

Name: the PostgreSQL project
Upstream: Nathan Bossart

Comment 2 Martin Prpič 2016-08-11 17:25:48 UTC
Public via:

https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/

Comment 3 Martin Prpič 2016-08-11 17:33:23 UTC
Created postgresql tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1366346]

Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2016-08-23 12:49:33 UTC
postgresql-9.5.4-1.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2016-08-23 15:22:36 UTC
postgresql-9.4.9-1.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 16 Fedora Update System 2016-08-27 10:38:01 UTC
postgresql-9.5.4-1.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2016-08-31 05:48:34 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUS

Via RHSA-2016:1781 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html

Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2016-09-07 09:54:58 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUS

Via RHSA-2016:1821 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html

Comment 19 errata-xmlrpc 2016-09-07 10:13:07 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUS

Via RHSA-2016:1820 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html

Comment 21 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 21:28:23 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2016:2606 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html

Comment 23 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-07 16:12:39 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Satellite 5.7

Via RHSA-2017:2425 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425