Description
The "make check" command for the test suites in PostgreSQL 9.3.3 and earlier does not properly invoke initdb to specify the authentication requirements for a database cluster to be used for the tests, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this cluster.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864 ↗
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/ ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2865 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00018.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65721 ↗
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00004.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00038.html ↗
- https://support.apple.com/HT205219 ↗