Bug 1477187 (CVE-2017-7548) - CVE-2017-7548 postgresql: lo_put() function ignores ACLs
Summary: CVE-2017-7548 postgresql: lo_put() function ignores ACLs
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-7548
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1480283 1480284 1484632 1484633 1484634 1484635 1484636 1484637
Blocks: 1477189
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-08-01 12:34 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 01:47 UTC (History)
29 users (show)

Fixed In Version: postgresql 9.4.13, postgresql 9.5.8, postgresql 9.6.4
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An authorization flaw was found in the way PostgreSQL handled large objects. A remote, authenticated attacker with no privileges on a large object could potentially use this flaw to overwrite the entire content of the object, thus resulting in denial of service.
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:19:42 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2017:2677 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: rh-postgresql95-postgresql security update 2017-09-12 12:00:23 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2017:2678 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: rh-postgresql94-postgresql security update 2017-09-12 14:02:27 UTC

Description Adam Mariš 2017-08-01 12:34:50 UTC 
Users with no privilege on a large object can overwrite the entire content of the object.

Supported vulnerable versions: 9.4 - 9.6

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/f1cda6d6cbb2

Bug introduced in:

https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/c50b7c09d852b6d

The first affected upstream version is 9.4.
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-08-01 12:35:00 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: the PostgreSQL project
Upstream: Chapman Flack
Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2017-08-10 15:09:06 UTC 
External References:

https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1772/
Comment 3 Adam Mariš 2017-08-10 15:12:42 UTC 
Created mingw-postgresql tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1480283]


Created postgresql tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1480284]
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2017-09-12 08:01:48 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUS

Via RHSA-2017:2677 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2677
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2017-09-12 10:04:03 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUS

Via RHSA-2017:2678 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2678
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