CVE-2018-1115

CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.1 · Incorrect permission assignment

9.1CVSS CRITICAL

Summary

postgresql before versions 10.4, 9.6.9 is vulnerable in the adminpack extension, the pg_catalog.pg_logfile_rotate() function doesn't follow the same ACLs than pg_rorate_logfile. If the adminpack is added to a database, an attacker able to connect to it could exploit this to force log rotation.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork

Attack complexityLow

Privileges requiredNone

User interactionNone

Confidentiality impactNone

Integrity impactHigh

Availability impactHigh

Exploit probability (EPSS)1%

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

PostgreSQL

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1115 ↗

Additional information

NVD record
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1115Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.htmlAdvisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104285Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2565Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2566Advisory
https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7b34740
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-08Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.htmlAdvisory