ubuntu-cve-2018-1115
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-05-10 19:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
4.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3",
            "binary_version": "10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6",
            "binary_version": "10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3",
            "binary_version": "10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpq5",
            "binary_version": "10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-10",
            "binary_version": "10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-10",
            "binary_version": "10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-10",
            "binary_version": "10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-10",
            "binary_version": "10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-10",
            "binary_version": "10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-10",
            "binary_version": "10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-10",
            "binary_version": "10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-10",
            "binary_version": "10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "postgresql-10",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-10@10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "10.1-1",
        "10.1-2",
        "10.2-1",
        "10.3-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "postgresql before versions 10.4, 9.6.9 is vulnerable in the adminpack extension, the pg_catalog.pg_logfile_rotate() function doesn\u0027t 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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1115",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:29Z",
  "published": "2018-05-10T19:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1115"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=7b34740"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1115"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-1115"
  ]
}



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