From 203b965f275061894621a5a359213ac77558d33f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 12:02:30 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Last-minute updates for release notes. Security: CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15098, CVE-2017-15099 --- doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml index f0283ad500f..e1bfb2e2b22 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml @@ -40,6 +40,31 @@ + + + Fix sample server-start scripts to become $PGUSER + before opening $PGLOG (Noah Misch) + + + + Previously, the postmaster log file was opened while still running as + root. The database owner could therefore mount an attack against + another system user by making $PGLOG be a symbolic + link to some other file, which would then become corrupted by appending + log messages. + + + + By default, these scripts are not installed anywhere. Users who have + made use of them will need to manually recopy them, or apply the same + changes to their modified versions. If the + existing $PGLOG file is root-owned, it will need to + be removed or renamed out of the way before restarting the server with + the corrected script. + (CVE-2017-12172) + + + Properly reject attempts to convert infinite float values to -- 2.39.5