Bug 846503 (CVE-2012-3460) - CVE-2012-3460 cumin: postgresql database user created without password
Summary: CVE-2012-3460 cumin: postgresql database user created without password
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2012-3460
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 846345
Blocks: 808230
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Reported: 2012-08-08 01:21 UTC by Vincent Danen
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:54 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2015-02-06 23:08:48 UTC
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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.


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