pgsql: Fix priv checks for ALTER DEPENDS ON EXTENSION - Mailing list pgsql-committers
From Alvaro Herrera
Subject pgsql: Fix priv checks for ALTER DEPENDS ON EXTENSION
Date
Msg-id E1j1Aev-0000dB-Pv@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Fix priv checks for ALTER <object> DEPENDS ON EXTENSION

Marking an object as dependant on an extension did not have any
privilege check whatsoever; this allowed any user to mark objects as
droppable by anyone able to DROP EXTENSION, which could be used to cause
system-wide havoc.  Disallow by checking that the calling user owns the
mentioned object.

(No constraints are placed on the extension.)

Security: CVE-2020-1720
Reported-by: Tom Lane
Discussion: 31605.1566429043@sss.pgh.pa.us

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/b048f558dd7c26a0c630a2cff29d3d8981eaf6b9

Modified Files
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src/backend/commands/alter.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)


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