start-scripts: switch to $PGUSER before opening $PGLOG. By default, $PGUSER has permission to unlink $PGLOG. If $PGUSER replaces $PGLOG with a symbolic link, the server will corrupt the link-targeted file by appending log messages. Since these scripts open $PGLOG as root, the attack works regardless of target file ownership.
"make install" does not install these scripts anywhere. Users having manually installed them in the past should repeat that process to acquire this fix. Most script users have $PGLOG writable to root only, located in $PGDATA. Just before updating one of these scripts, such users should rename $PGLOG to $PGLOG.old. The script will then recreate $PGLOG with proper ownership. Reviewed by Peter Eisentraut. Reported by Antoine Scemama. Security: CVE-2017-12172 Branch ------ REL9_6_STABLE Details ------- https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/b7d6f75072b3569d7d2acce04669e72086b547cb Modified Files -------------- contrib/start-scripts/freebsd | 4 ++-- contrib/start-scripts/linux | 4 ++-- contrib/start-scripts/osx/PostgreSQL | 8 ++++---- 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) -- Sent via pgsql-committers mailing list (pgsql-committers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-committers
