Bug 846503 (CVE-2012-3460)

Summary:	CVE-2012-3460 cumin: postgresql database user created without password
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Vincent Danen <vdanen>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	fweimer, iboverma, jneedle, matt, mcressma, security-response-team, tmckay
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Bug Depends On:	846345
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Description Vincent Danen 2012-08-08 01:21:49 UTC

Florian Weimer reported that, when Cumin is installed, it creates a "cumin" PostgreSQL user and changes pg_hba.conf so that no password is required for authentication.  This could be used to bypass role separation in Cumin; for instance in a setup where condor_schedd runs on the same machine as Cumin and a regular Cumin user could submit a job that connects to the PostgreSQL database and alters the database in such a way as to give the regular user administrative privileges.