CVE-2018-1115

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-1115  

It was found that pg_catalog.pg_logfile_rotate(), from the adminpack extension, did not follow the same ACLs than pg_rorate_logfile. If the adminpack is added to a database, an attacker able to connect to it could use this flaw to force log rotation.

It was found that pg_catalog.pg_logfile_rotate(), from the adminpack extension, did not follow the same ACLs than pg_rorate_logfile. If the adminpack is added to a database, an attacker able to connect to it could use this flaw to force log rotation.

Find out more about CVE-2018-1115 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue does not appear to affect the versions of postgresql as shipped with Red Hat Satellite version 5, CloudForms version 4, Red Hat Single Sign-On 7, and Fuse Service Works 6.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 4.2
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-postgresql96-postgresql) RHSA-2018:2566 2018-08-27
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-postgresql10-postgresql) RHSA-2018:2565 2018-08-27
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-postgresql96-postgresql) RHSA-2018:2566 2018-08-27

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-postgresql94-postgresql Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-postgresql95-postgresql Not affected
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 postgresql Not affected
Red Hat Satellite 5 postgresql95-postgresql Not affected
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 postgresql Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 postgresql Under investigation
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 postgresql Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 postgresql Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 postgresql Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 postgresql84 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 postgresql Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Stephen Frost as the original reporter.