[COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add security checks to selectivity estimation functions - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add security checks to selectivity estimation functions
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Msg-id E1d7ili-0003sX-9E@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Add security checks to selectivity estimation functions

Some selectivity estimation functions run user-supplied operators over
data obtained from pg_statistic without security checks, which allows
those operators to leak pg_statistic data without having privileges on
the underlying tables.  Fix by checking that one of the following is
satisfied: (1) the user has table or column privileges on the table
underlying the pg_statistic data, or (2) the function implementing the
user-supplied operator is leak-proof.  If neither is satisfied, planning
will proceed as if there are no statistics available.

At least one of these is satisfied in most cases in practice.  The only
situations that are negatively impacted are user-defined or
not-leak-proof operators on a security-barrier view.

Reported-by: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Security: CVE-2017-7484

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/e2d4ef8de869c57e3bf270a30c12d48c2ce4e00c

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/planstats.sgml                 |  61 +++++++++++
src/backend/utils/adt/array_selfuncs.c      |   6 +-
src/backend/utils/adt/rangetypes_selfuncs.c |  22 ++++
src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c            | 160 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
src/include/utils/selfuncs.h                |   2 +
src/test/regress/expected/privileges.out    |  97 +++++++++++++++++
src/test/regress/sql/privileges.sql         |  61 +++++++++++
7 files changed, 377 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)


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