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FKIE_CVE-2018-1115

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-05-10 19:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:50
Severity
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104285Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2565Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2566Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1115Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7b34740
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-08Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104285Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2565Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2566Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1115Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7b34740
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-08Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
postgresql postgresql *
postgresql postgresql *
opensuse leap 15.1
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